Orubebe found guilty of false declaration of assets, forfeits property

Godsday Orubebe, People's Democratic Party agent, displays what he claims was the final result from the opposition party as he disrupts the announcing of election results accusing the Commission chairman Attahiru Jega, of beimg bias in Abuja, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 31, 2015, Nigerians are waiting in hope and fear for results of the tightest and most bitterly contested presidential election in the nations turbulent history. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) — Godsday Orubebe displays what he claims was the final result from the opposition party as he disrupts the announcing of election results accusing the now ex-chairman of INEC Attahiru Jega, of being biased in Abuja, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

The Code of Conduct Tribunal sitting in Abuja has found Godsday Orubebe, former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, guilty of false declaration of asset.

The chairman of the tribunal, in delivering the judgment, gave Orubebe a light sentence.

Orubebe is to forfeit to the federal government, the property known as Plot 2057 that he was found guilty of failing to disclose.

In his ruling, the chairman of the tribunal, Danladi Umar, ruled that , “I hereby seize, on behalf of the federal government, the property known as plot 2057.

“The prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, and all evidence tendered are admitted.”

The federal government had filed a one-count charge of false declaration of asset against Orubebe.

The former minister is more popularly known for disrupting the declaration of the results of the last general elections at the national collation centre of the 2015 presidential election last year.