Johnson, Omoyeni Give Conflicting Figures in Aso Rock Bribery Scandal

THE $200,000 bribery scandal over which a presidential aide and a former managing director of WEMA Bank are being questioned continued its reverberations through Aso Rock yesterday with both men reportedly confessing to conflicting sums.

While Femi Johnson, the presidential aide now under arrest for receiving the bribe has reportedly confessed to collecting only $100,000, the alleged giver, Adebisi Omoyeni, former chief executive of WEMA Bank, is said to have insisted that he gave $200,000.

The arrest of Femi Johnson, who works in the office of the President, was occasioned by his alleged collection of the bribe in return for leaking a document on the lingering Wema Bank crisis to its suspended managing director Mr. Adebisi Omoyeni.

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This article addresses the recent bribery scandal that was made public in Nigeria. The two men accussed in this case have given officers different figures as to how much money was involved. This scandal has caused many "calls for the sack of many staff holdovers from the Olusegun Obasanjo administration in the Villa." This shows that Nigerian citizens are aware of the corrupt nature of past administrations, but many still question the exact nature of the current administration revolving around President Yar'Adua.

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Bribery At Tribunals

In a season of scandals, the judiciary appears unwilling to be exempted from the rot that has hit the system. The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi says there are allegations of corruption against some judges at the election tribunals. This again brings to the fore the apprehensions about the rulings of these tribunals, as well as their ability to serve their purpose - dispensation of justice.

These allegations are not new. The House of Representatives Committee on Justice gave vent to them following petitions it got, in which there were allegations that as much as N2.1 billion has been spent in bribing judges at tribunals.

Some things are new about the latest allegations.

They are capable of pitting the judiciary against the legislature. The House of Representatives Committee on Justice is asking for the rulings of the tribunals. Its intentions are not clear.

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This article typifies the constant allegations that are always present in Nigeria and the current popular trend of news about tribunals. Even long after the tribunals are over, people are still disputing the results with the most popular form of accusations in Nigeria: Bribery, because even if the allegations are false, the stink of it stays, forever tarnishing the accused party's reputation. 

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