The Anti-Corruption Network, ACN, led by former House of Representatives member, Dino Melaye, has revealed, with what looks like incontrovertible proof that the Minister of the Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe is the owner of five choice properties in the city of Abuja.
Elder Godswill Orubebe Inset
The properties were acquired in the last three years that Mr. Orubebe has been a minister, first under the late President Umaru Yar’Adua and later as one of the most visible figures in the present administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.
Mr. Melaye’s group revealed that a construction company, SETRACO, built and delivered a brand new mansion to Mr. Orubebe less than six months after the company received a contract to build part of the East-West highway in the Niger Delta region – a claim the minister hotly disputed and even threatened to take the former lawmaker to court for accusing him falsely.
Some of the properties identified by the Anti-Corruption Network with documentary evidence indicating that Mr. Orubebe was the owner of the properties include the certificate of occupancy for Plot 2722, Kyami District in Abuja. The plot contains 1883.63 square meters. Another certificate of occupancy obtained by the group shows that Mr. Orubebe owns Plot 2460 in the notoriously expensive Maitama area of Abuja. In addition, the minister also owns Plot 1736 in the Guzape area of Abuja. The certificate of occupancy for the plot was issued in 2008. The Minister for the Niger Delta also acquired Plot 2057 in the Asokoro area.
A source at the EFCC disclosed that the commission may take action against the Minister “unless the Presidency specifically orders us not to go after him.”
Mr. Orubebe’s land documents are attached below:
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