MambillaGate: IMPI Demands CCT Trial Of Atiku Over Undeclared $500,000 Offshore Transfer

By Gabi Habitullah, Abuja
The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has urged the federal government to initiate proceedings before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) against former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for an undeclared $500,000 foreign transaction while in office.
The call followed revelations from a recent International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration tribunal ruling in Paris regarding the disputed 3,960MW Mambilla Hydroelectric Power project.
According to the policy group’s analysis of the 616-page arbitral award in a policy statement signed by its chairman, Dr Omoniyi Akinsiju, a $500,000 transfer was executed on 30th January, 2003, from an offshore shel...