Posted 3/15/2024, 1:01:31 PM
Corruption Allegations Roil Nigerian Senate as Groups Call for Probe into Missing Trillions in Budget
- Northern groups have lost confidence in Senate President Akpabio's leadership amid "unprecedented corruption" allegations
- Senator Bamidele accused a Northern senator of attempting a "civilian coup" to remove Akpabio as Senate President
- The allegations include padding the 2024 budget by trillions of naira and senators receiving hundreds of millions of naira
- Civil society group BudgIT confirmed allegations by a Northern senator that over N3.7 trillion was unaccounted for in the 2024 budget
- Bamidele is accused of trying to prevent transparency and accountability regarding the budget allegations due to his own involvement