The police have sealed Okoi Obono-Obla’s office in Abuja.

Mr Obono-Obla is a senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, as well as the chairman, Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property.

The office of the presidential panel, located in Asokoro, was sealed Friday afternoon by some armed police officers, a source close to Aso Rock and the panel told PREMIUM TIMES, Saturday evening.

The source said the police action followed a directive from the presidency that Mr Obono-Obla should be relieved of his appointment “immediately”.

The source said Mr Obono-Obla is aware of the communication relieving him of his appointment but that he has been dodging it so he could use the holiday period to persuade people close to Mr Buhari to talk the government into rescinding its decision.

“They have asked ICPC to start investigating corruption allegations around him.

“The police were brought in to restrict movement in the office, so nobody would tamper with evidence while investigation is going on.

“The panel is still in place, it’s only Obla that has been removed,” the source said.

“They have built a case of corruption and overzealousness against him over time, it’s not an emergency action, so it may be difficult for the decision to be rescinded,” the source said further.

PREMIUM TIMES has, however, not been able to independently confirm if Mr Obono-Obla has been sacked from office.

When a PREMIUM TIMES reporter visited Mr Obono-Obla’s office around 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, two police officers were seen guarding the premises.

Mr Obono-Obla was evasive in his response, when PREMIUM TIMES contacted him, Sunday morning.

“I don’t know about that,” he responded when asked if it was true he had been sacked from office.

“If they removed me, they would give me a letter? Is it not so?”

Mr Obono-Obla, however, confirmed his office had been sealed by the police.

He said he was in his office on Friday but later left for the holidays in his hometown in Cross River State before he received information about the sealing of the office.

“People at the office told me somebody came there, said he is the area commander, he has instructions that nobody should enter and nobody should leave. But that is rubbish. Is that how things are done?

“I am in Cross River, not Abuja. I don’t know what’s happening in Abuja. If they want to remove me, they should give me a letter. I am in Cross River enjoying my holiday,” Mr Obono-Obla said.

The police spokesperson at force headquarters, Frank Mba, did not respond to calls and text message sent to his phone line by a PREMIUM TIMES as at the time of filing this report.

Mr Obono-Obla’s anti-corruption job has often been steeped in controversies which overshadowed some of the successes recorded by his office.

At some point, he had to spend time to fight off allegations that he forged his secondary school certificate.

An ad hoc panel set up by the House of Representatives, December last year, had asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Mr Obono-Obla over the forgery allegation.

The panel had also accused Mr Obono-Obla of corruption.

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But Mr Obono-Obla had said at the time that the forgery and corruption allegations against him were merely a witch-hunt by people who were uncomfortable with his anti-corruption fight.

PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday published an exclusive report on how correspondence between Mr Obono-Obla’s office and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) led to the exit the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, from CAF leadership.

Mr Obono-Obla is known in the past to have disobeyed the directive of Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo regarding his anti-corruption job.




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Its long overdue. His overzealousness and corruption has landed him in trouble.

Why all news becomes too long to read all of a sudden?




It's not easy reading news this days

The stupid man has been used and dumped

AdviserGeneral:

He said he was in his office on Friday but later left for the holidays in his hometown in Cross River State before he received information about the sealing of the office.

“People at the office told me somebody came there, said he is the area commander, he has instructions that nobody should enter and nobody should leave. But that is rubbish. Is that how things are done?

See the tyrant with fake WAEC asking a stupid question.

This man is a champion of media trial and will first accuse before looking
for evidence.

The same man has been in the business of raiding people's
home and carting away their money for private use under the guise of
anti-corruption fight.



Let him enjoy his next level.

Another cow dumped

Hmmm

The overzealous iyanapaja guy has been kicked to the curb.

E go dey do pass himself

Time for Adamu to take over...nobody need to complain.

Him don collect him dues finish nah make another agbero take over...what else is new?

Sala Gift to the Cross Riverian. But Obla is a good lawyer in those days in Calabar.

Ok

He's my enemy. He deserved to be sacked.

I like Buhari. Turning full gear pro-north. Using the willing brave fools of the south to attain required heights. Turning around to haunt them.

Expected hope it's not to be replaced with a other northerners.

Chinese Yuan up for grap, selling cheaper

Amaju Pinnick can now drink water drop cup

Great

'If they removed me, they would give me a letter? Is it not so?'
'Useless blunt response from Buhari's police

Finally, a scapegoat.. Hope his case won't end up like that of Babachir 'grasscutter' Lawal

GBAA!!, They don use this one and dump him, as usual, this government self.

Pls is buhari still alive?

Good for him

chrisxxx:
I like Buhari. Turning full gear pro-north. Using the willing brave fools of the south to attain required heights. Turning around to haunt them.

nonsense theory

Buhari doesn’t sack people who do right.

The hunter is now the hunted.

People of impeccable characters should be holding such anti-corruption agencies.

If he has truly been found wanting, it shouldn't stop at sealing his office, he should be prosecuted accordingly.

Op. You need a brain check. Is it Buahari or Buhari that sacked the the SPIP boss?

So he is from my state,and has been behaving like a kid

123Legit:
He's my enemy. He deserved to be sacked.

For u to replace him with aboki abi?.

chrisxxx:
I like Buhari. Turning full gear pro-north. Using the willing brave fools of the south to attain required heights. Turning around to haunt them.

You’re misguided

If Nigeria had been a serious country, Buhari would have been fired a long time ago

naijadrivablog:
Sala Gift to the Efik man. But Obla is a good lawyer in those days in Calabar.

How can you say that he's an efik man? Are you sure you lived in calabar

Sacked by the cabal?
If that woman's accusation against him that they took thousands of dollars from her house and didn't declare it, is true, then the man's problem has just begun.