JIM
OSAYANDE OBAZEE’S CONTINUING HARASSMENT OF A HAPLESS CIVIL SERVANT: A PRESS
STATEMENT OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST LAWYERS LEAGUE (PILL)
Two days ago, we wrote a petition to the
Honourable Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr Segun Aganga.
In the said petition
we drew the attention of the Honourable Minister to the official handedness,
intimidation and sexual harassment of a hapless civil servant, Mrs Abimbola
Patricia Yakubu by the Executive Secretary, Financial Reporting Council of
Nigeria, Mr Jim Osayande Obazee; and urged the Honourable Minister to institute
a‘’formal but thorough ministerial investigation of our complaint of official
high-handedness, intimidation and sexual harassment’’.
And whilst we urge that
disciplinary measures be exercisedwhere appropriate, we also request that the
rights of Mrs Abimbola Patricia Yakubu be protected.
Since the release of our petition to the
media, Mr Jim Osayande Obazee has conveyed two Management Committee Meetings of
the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria.And at the Management Committee
meeting held today 31st July, 2013, Mr Obazee directed that a formal
disciplinary hearing be instituted by Senior Managers to try Mrs Yakubu on a
yet-to-be ascertained charges, offences or misdemeanours.
Once again, we condemn the arrant display of
power by a public servant who has turned an institution of state into
pleasure-seeking outlet,who believes he is an untouchable, a demi-god. State
institutions are governed by laws and rules. Mr Obazee shouldn’t be allowed to get
away with his whims and caprices.
The allegations of official high-handedness,
intimidation and sexual harassment made by Mrs Yakubu are grave and serious;
and we call on Mr Obazee to either own up or deny them.
Needless of Mr Obazee to
victimise a woman who have found the courage to exposehis dilettante excesses. But,
we have a word for Mr Obazee: we shall expose him for who he is: a pleasure-seeking
public servant.
Abdul
Mahmud
President
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