Based on the list of the assets that the Vice President, Prof. Femi Oinbajo, have newly declared, he did not acquire any new properties or shares during the past four years he worked with President Mohammadu Buhari.
He submitted his assets declaration forms to the Code of Conduct Bureau ahead of the oath-taking ceremony slated for May 29 and in compliance with the requirement of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).
Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a late night statement on Tuesday.
The submission by the vice president follows right after President Muhammadu Buhari submitted his forms.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Research, Legal and Compliance Matters, Office of the Vice President, Dr Balkisu Saidu, submitted the completed forms to the Chairman of the CCB, Prof. Mohammed Isa, on behalf of the vice president.
Compared with the assets Prof. Osinbajo declared in 2015, the forms showed no significant changes in his assets; as there were no new real properties, shareholding or bank accounts.
Assets Osinbajo declared in 2015:
Like his boss, Osinbajo had not only declared his assets in 2015, he had also made it public.
The assets that the duo declared indicated that he was conveniently richer than Buhari.
While Buhari, for instance, noted that he had N30m, Osinbajo had
*A bank balance of about N94 million and 900,000 United States Dollars in his bank accounts.”
Others he declared were: * Houses: 4-bedroom residence at Victoria Garden City, Lagos and a 3-bedroom flat at 2 Mosley Road, Ikoyi; 2-bedroom flat at Redemption Camp along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and a 2-bedroom mortgaged property in Bedford, England. *Others: Apart from his law firm, known as SimmonsCooper, the Vice-President also declared shareholding in six private companies based in Lagos, including Octogenerium Ltd., Windsor Grant Ltd., Tarapolsa, Vistorion Ltd., Aviva Ltd. and MTN Nigeria.
