SPEAKER, House of Representatives, Honourable Dimeji Bankole, has written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), denying any knowledge of his summoning on Tuesday for interrogation over the alleged N10 billion scam rocking the chamber.
The letter, dated May 31, was signed on behalf of his Chief of Staff, Morris Ekpeyong.
Ekpeyong, who claimed to be writing on behalf of his boss, said Bankole had not received any correspondence directly from the commission.
He was silent on the letter written by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Sanni Omolori.
Bankole further said in the new letter that he was not aware of the date fixed for his appearance because he was not informed of any.
He said he could not have been honouring an appointment he was not aware had been fixed for him, though the Clerk, in his letter to the commission, had claimed to be writing on his instruction.
The commission, however, said on Wednesday that it was keeping his game plan on the alleged scam to its chest, adding that the corruption case was still alive despite the failure of the speaker to appear for interrogation.
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, explained reason behind the failure of Bankole to honour the summons by the EFCC, as it faults the procedures adopted by the anti-graft commission for interrogating him.
The House said it was never briefed by the EFCC that it summoned Bankole for a chat, just as it found out that the speaker never received any letter of summons from the anti-graft commission until newspapers began to trumpet such.
A memo written by the Office of the Speaker and addressed to EFCC said the House was opposed to the procedure of inviting the speaker through newspapers, noting also that a lot had been written on the issue which were far from the truth.
According to the memo, “no letter has ever been addressed to or received by Honourable Dimeji Bankole from your office, even though a lot has been written concerning him on the pages of newspapers in connection with your office and the above subject matter in recent times.”
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