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Presidential panel reportedly probes David Mark over alleged offshore assets

- The Panama Papers allegedly links former Senate president, Senator David Mark and political leaders around the world to some companies and other assets held offshore

- David Mark is accused of owning 20 companies in British Virgin Island and other tax havens around the world

- The former Senate president is to appear before a presidential panel for questioning over his alleged ownership of offshore assets

A former president of the Senate, Senator David Mark, is being probed by the special presidential investigation panel for recovery of public property over the alleged ownership of some offshore companies.

The Punch reports that the investigation was prompted by the revelation in Panama Papers which allegedly linked Mark and political leaders around the world to some companies and other assets held offshore.

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A source told the newspaper that the former Senate president had been invited for questioning by in respect of his alleged ownership 20 companies in British Virgin Island and other tax havens.

Reports have emerged that Mark was originally invited to appear before the panel for questioning on December 11, 2018, but the former Senate president was said to have sent a letter through his lawyers to the panel pleading for the rescheduling of the questioning to December 21, 2018.

The letter read in part: “Our client wishes to reiterate his readiness to honour your invitation and make the necessary clarification due to the utmost regard in which he holds your panel.

“However, our client is presently ill and undergoing treatment and has accordingly requested us to apply for a new date to enable him to appear.

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“Accordingly, we are, subject, of course, to your overriding convenience, suggesting the December 21 as the new interview date at the suggested venue to enable our client to fully recover from his illness.”

Meanwhile, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed 59 charges against a former senior special assistant to the president on public affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, following his inability to return N120m allegedly received from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), .

The Punch reports that Okupe would be arraigned before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Maitama in Abuja.

Okupe, who served under former president Goodluck Jonathan from 2012 to 2015, admitted on social media that he received N10m monthly from a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.) based on the instruction of Jonathan.

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