John Azuta-Mbata
John Azuta-Mbata | |
|---|---|
| Senator for Rivers East | |
| In office May 1999 – May 2007 | |
| Succeeded by | George Thompson Sekibo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1960 Rivers State, Nigeria |
John Azuta-Mbata was elected
People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.[1]
He was reelected in April 2003.[2]
Azuta-Mbata was born in January 1960. He earned a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Ibadan. He was a member of the Governing council of Rivers state university of science & Technology, Port Harcourt.[3] After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, he was appointed to committees on Defense, Works & Housing, Women Affairs, Finance & Appropriation (vice chairman), Information, Special Projects and Local & Foreign Debts.[4]
In April 2005 the
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission
(ICPC) arraigned Azuta-Mbata and others for involvement in an alleged N55 million budget bribe scam.
Also charged were former Senate President Adolphus Wabara and former Education Minister Fabian Osuji.[5]
They were said to have demanded, received and shared N55 million to facilitate the passage of Education ministry's budget.[6]
After extended legal battles, on 1 June 2010 a full panel of the Court of Appeal in Abuja quashed all the charges, discharged and acquitted the accused.[7]
References
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- ^ "Senators". Dawodu. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ^ "John Azuta-Mbata". AfDevInfo. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ^ "Congressional Committees". Nigeria Congress. Archived from the original on 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ^ "ICPC arraigns Wabara, Osuji, others•As Obasanjo picks replacements for sacked ministers". Daily Champion. April 13, 2005. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ^ Lillian Okenwa. "Bribe for budget scandal: Wabara goes on appeal". ThisDay. Retrieved 2010-06-26. [dead link]
- ^ AHURAKA YUSUF (13 June 2010). "Wabara's Seven Years To Recovery". Leadership. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
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