The Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, Indigenous Artworks, Culture and Tourism, Anambra State, Dr. Christian Madubuko, has resigned.
The commissioner in a letter of resignation cited alleged endemic corruption within the system and the increasing threat to his life as reason for quitting.
Madubuko had been the Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Commerce; Road, Rail and Water Transportation, before his latest ministry.
The resignation letter read in part: “In the cause of fighting corrupt, individuals holding the state revenue on the throat, all manner of frivolous petitions against me were written to the governor accusing me of several misdeeds particularly distablising our party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance and advising the governor to remove me before l do more harm to the party.
“In several occasions, agents of darkness tried bribing me with millions of the Naira. I arrested these criminals which was applauded by the governor at the EXCO meetings. Within these three years, I have been redeployed to three key ministries in the state as commissioner.
“With all these happenings, it became clear that when you fight corruption, corruption fights back in several forms.
“I now understand clearly why Nigeria (nay Africa) can never develop like Europe. I came down from Australia to help in developing our state.
“True to my belief, l worked tirelessly to actualize that dream. In working to meet the target, we set up mobile courts and jailed several revenue thieves and significantly raised the state revenue. I fought various parasitic interests and jailed many of them. I stepped on toes risking my own life for the survival of the state.
“Those toes l stepped on are now in the prowl for my life. I am no longer safe as l speak. In three different occasions, l received baptism of fire by unknown gunmen/assassins. I was equally attacked severally at the Onitsha Main Market by the agents of the revenue criminals.”