captured on tape<\/a><\/strong><\/span> taking money from some investigative journalists who posed as foreign investors.<\/p>\nPlot against director<\/strong><\/p>\nThey were also captured revealing their plot to ensure the dismissal of the Director of the Department.<\/p>\n
According to Saaka Salia, the man who made a formal complaint to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for the investigation of the two, the suspects revealed that the Roads and Highways Minister was open to taking bribes, and were willing to serve his interest if he paid a certain amount of money to him.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor you to say that you are in town to ensure the removal of the current Urban roads director when you are a subordinate, you have to explain to the public,” Saaka\u00a0Salia.<\/p>\n
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