Presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, Thursday, took a swipe at presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Atiku Abubakar, accusing him of opposing establishment of Due Process Unit when he was Vice President.

Ezekwesili who made the revelation while featuring as discussant at The Osasu Show Symposium, in Abuja, while reacting to an interjection by Mr. Segun Sowomi, who represented Abubakar at the event said, “Can I tell you something, the candidate that this gentleman man happens to represent was the one while in office gave me the greatest fight aganist establishing the Due Process Unit.”

She recalled that the idea behind the establishment of the due Process office was to erode the belief by international community, especially United States of America, USA, that Nigeria was an extravagant and reckless nation, when it comes to management of public resources.

The 2nd Osasu Show Symposium with theme ‘Nigeria Rising! It’s time: Establishing Social Accountability between the Electorate and Leaders was organised by Television Presenter, Ms. Osasu Igbenedion, daughter of former Governor of Edo State, Mr Lucky Igbenedion.

Recall that Oby Ezekwesili, a former World Bank Vice President and anti-corruption campaigner, served as Senior Special Assistant to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Budget Monitoring and in the Price Intelligence Unit, also known as “Due Process Unit” from 2003 to 2005.

This role earned her the nickname ‘Madam Due Process’ because she instituted several reforms and established due process mechanisms and strategies that refined Nigerian government’s public procurement and contracting practices.

And it was at that period that Abubakar as the Vice President held sway as Head of Economic team under the Obasanjo administration.

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