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EFCC Raids Obanikoro’s House, Carts Away Cars, Other Valuables by Macclane(m): 7:02am On Jun 15, 2016 |
By Evelyn Usman
Lagos—Officials of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC yesterday, stormed
the Ikoyi home of former Minister of State for
Defence, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro and allegedly
went away with some vehicles and other
valuables.
Obanikoro was not at home when they visited,
as he was said to be out of the country.
Obanikoro’s media aide, Jonathan Eze, alleged
that the officials harassed occupants of the
building, among whom was Obanikoro’s wife.
Eze,
in a
statement issued to Vanguard at about 7.40pm
said “Today, (yesterday) officials of EFCC
invaded Senator Obanikoro houses in Ikoyi with
unnecessary force and harassment of
occupants who are mainly kids, teenagers, his
wife and daughters in-law, carting away cars,
wristwatches and other valuables.
“This is against the backdrop of the fact that
the anti-graft agency has never invited him or
his son for questioning beyond the allegations
they have been propagating in the media.
''We are using this medium to draw the
attention of all Nigerians to yet another
infringement on the fundamental and
inalienable rights of the Obanikoro family.
''Lovers of freedom should not wait until our
democracy is put at irreversible damage. The
list of human rights violations and political
persecution has reached an alarming rate.
“We see this as a further show of shame of this
present administration which is hell bent on
politically persecuting its perceived opponents
in other to stoop them and rubbish their hard
earned reputation of untainted public services.
“To our chagrin, the vehicles driven away were
cars and trucks bought since 2006 and
thereabouts, when Senator Obanikoro served
as an Ambassador in Ghana among others
which obviously has no bearing with the
purported investigation they are supposedly
carrying out.
''Senator Obanikoro has consulted with his
Lawyers and is prepared to meet them in court
to stop this intrusions and persecution” Eze
stated.
Spokesperson for the Commission, Wilson
Uwajaren who confirmed the raid, said; “Its true
that our men went there today. Its part of the
investigation involving Obanikoro and his two
sons . But nobody was harassed. Anybody
familiar with the EFCC knows that we don’t
harass people. Our men went there to do their
lawful duty”.
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