Group vows to protest over refusal of NPA MD, Mohammed Bello Koko to appear before House of Reps


A Civil society  group, the Overt Legacy and development initiative, has vowed to embark on a massive protest over the refusal of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority,  NPA,  Mohammed Bello Koko to appear before the  House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition to answer for corruption allegations levelled against him.


He has refused  to appear after being summoned twice.


The Group's Convener, Convener, Comrade Mahmoud Abubakar  said Koko snubbed the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the disposal of public property by the agencies between 2010 and 2012.


Hon. Mike Etaba who  is the Chairman of the House Reps Committee on Public Petitions had drew the attention of the House of Representatives to the issue.


The Majority Leader of the House and Chairman of the ad hoc committee, Hon. Julius Ihonbvere,  at the resumed investigative hearing on the disposal of public property by the agencies between 2010 and 2022 to unravel the extent of illegal auctioning of public property, non-remittance of revenue realised into the Consolidated Revenue Fund’, said this political rascality and irresponsibility must stop.


The chairman, who could not hide his anger, said the ad hoc committee would stop the lackadaisical behaviour of Mohammed Koko.


He said, “This kind of political rascality and irresponsibility must stop! No chief executive is above the law, we are the lawmakers and when we summon an agency here, that agency must show up.


“We have the powers to summon anyone in this country by powers that are guaranteed constitutionally and we think this kind of lackadaisical and almost infantile behaviour at this stage, we have to check it and stop it.