Nigeria’s Deputy Senate
President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has denied reports that he owned hidden
properties over which he was grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday.
In a statement made available to
NigerianEye in Abuja by his Special Adviser (Media), Uche Anichukwu, he
described reports credited to the EFCC as mere propaganda and concocted
falsehood.
The statement reads, “My
attention has been drawn to false reports in some national dailies that the
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, developed High Blood
Pressure in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
upon alleged presentation to him of a fresh set of purported ‘hidden
properties’ supposedly acquired by him. There is no truth to this propaganda.
“It would be recalled that
operatives of the EFCC and men of the Nigeria Police laid siege to his
residence at about 6am on Tuesday, July 24, 2018, requesting him to report at
its headquarters at 10am the same Tuesday. However, no letter of invitation was
delivered to him until around 9am of that day.
“Since the siege would not allow
him to honour the belated “invitation” the same day, he, as a law-abiding
citizen, wrote to the EFCC to request for another date, hence the rescheduled
appointment of Tuesday, July 31, 2018.
“Senator Ekweremadu honoured the
10am appointment on the fixed date and left in the evening of the same day when
he was granted bail on self-recognizance with an understanding that he would
report at the EFCC office at 10am the next day for a continuation of the
interview.”
“He reported at the EFCC on
Wednesday, August 1, 2018, at 10am as scheduled, but informed them that he was
not feeling well, a fact the EFCC doctor confirmed. He was then allowed to
leave to see his doctor and it was agreed that a new date would be fixed for
continuation of the interview.”
“So, there was no interrogation
whatsoever on Wednesday, let alone presentation of so-called additional “facts”
that purportedly triggered his blood pressure. Likewise, there were no new
“facts” presented to him the previous day, Tuesday, July 31, beside those
concocted by the dismissed Chief Judge of Enugu State, Innocent Umezulike and
his cohorts in their petition.”
“The Office feels compelled by
the mischief and orchestrated media trial to put the “facts” straight on this
particular issue,” he noted.
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