Former Niger Delta minister, Godsday Orubebe ,
has pleaded not guilty to the corruption
allegations filed against him before the Code of
Conduct Tribunal.
He was accused of failing to declare two
properties he owned at the time he took office in
June 2011 and receiving bribes to the tunr of to
N70 million.
Orubebe pleaded not guilty to the allegations at
the tribunal hearing in Abuja on Monday,
November 9, and the case was adjourned till
November 26.
Pulse recalls that the ex-minister who served in
the administration of ex-president Goodluck
Jonathan, disrupted the collation exercise of the
March 28 Presidential election in Abuja during,
where he accused the former INEC Chairman,
Prof. Attahiru Jegao of bias.
He later apologised to Nigerians for his
misconduct at the collation centre.
