Ndi Imo | Group urges fair hearing for Nigeria- born Canadian Attorney-General, Kaycee Madu
Group urges fair hearing for Nigeria- born Canadian Attorney-General, Kaycee Madu
Mbaise Policy Round Table, a socio-political pressure group has urged Canadian authorities to grant a fair hearing to suspended Minister of Justice and Solicitor-General of Alberta, Canada, Barr Kaycee Madu.
This is contained in a release signed by the Group's Chairman, Prof. Eddie Oparaoji and made available to newsmen in Owerri on Monday.
News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that Madu, who is the first black Attorney-General in Canada, was suspended from office by Alberta Premier, Jason Kenney following over allegations of tax evasion.
Oparaoji expressed the confidence that the Ahiazu Mbaise born lawyer, if given a fair hearing, would be exonerated from the allegations.
He said that Madu has described the allegation as "rather unfortunate" says that it is not entirely bereft of political undertones.
He noted that Madu did not attempt to evade tax, as alleged, but was intimating the Lethbridge Police Chief, Dale McFee of a suspected unlawful surveillance on him.
"We call on relevant authorities to carefully investigate the circumstances surrounding this allegation with a view to establishing the truth.
" We have confidence in the authorities and we believe that justice will be served and hopefully, Barr Kaycee Madu will return to office", he said. (NAN)
