MISSING C OF O,S SAGA-CLO UNCOVERS PLOT BY EFCC IPO,S TO MALICIOUSLY ARRAIGN NWUCHE.

The Civil liberties Organization has uncovered a plot by EFCC IPO,s Bashir Adamu and Chris Odofin to arraign Hon Chibudom Nwuche for money laundering in a civil contract awarded to  Foundation For Youth Development ( FYD) that he is a trustee by the Amnesty Programme. 

In a statement signed by the South-SouthZonal Chairman Chinedu Karl-Uchegbu and Director Stuvn Obodoekwe, the CLO accused the anti graft body of  constantly harassing Nigerians unduly without a genuine commitment to fight corruption particularly with its obvious ethnic posture against the rest of Nigerians which it delights is defaming through media trial and extortions from suspects as in this case. 

It stated that though  FYD has provided copious documentation and videos showing how the N2.6BN paid as mobilization was disbursed in furtherance of the contract and a loan to the Amnesty Office the IPO,s are adamant on prosecuting Nwuche for resisting their attempts to extort him and exposing the illegal sale of his certificates of occupancy which was stolen in a raid of his residence.This is inspite of being aware that the matter is in court and that FYD is owed N5.4BN for the provision of a sea time training vessel by the Amnesty Office.

The IPO,s had at the invitation of Hon Nwuche in July 2016 demanded for N100m to close the case as they maintained that in spite of his plea of innocence that he was a politician and they could end his career with prosecution whether or not he was eventually freed of the allegations. Some money were paid as advance after which the matter was reported to their bosses and nothing was done.Also one Alhaji Bakare who claimed to be a front for Bashir Adamu was recorded demanding for N100m on his behalf and N5m was paid into his account.This matter was also reported and nothing was done.

It was thereafter reported to the Police who arrested Bakare and charged him to court in case no .

These infuriated the IPO,s who vowed to finish Nwuche and organized a raid of his residence on 28th Nov 2016 where over 17 armed men stormed his residence purporting to look for a stash of dollars.They searched and found no dollars but took away over 10 C of O,s and diamond and gold Rolex watch.

Some of these C of O,s later found their way into the market for sale. The Police were alerted and arrested over 8 suspects who mentioned one John Obetan Obi as the source of the C of O,s. 

Obetan Obi was one those that joined the IPO,s that searched Nwuche,s residence even though he is a career criminal and not a staff of either the police or Efcc. He has since been declared wanted by the police. See attached adverts in Daily Trust and police report confidentially obtained. He is also suspected to be the one that planted illegal firearms to implicate Nwuche.

The next day 29th of Nov these IPO,s are also suspected to have organized an armed robbery in Nwuche,s office were money was stolen and several vital documents removed. The police are investigating the links between the search of 28th Nov and the robbery of 29th Nov.

The issue of the purported illegal firearms was only raised in April I.e 4 months  after Nwuche had written a letter of complaint to the EFCC and began to pursue the recovery of the  C of O,s. This was also after the senate had raised the issue of the missing C of O,s .

These IPO,s who are playing a script sponsored by political interests from within the Rivers State APC to destroy Nwuche,s businesses by criminalizing and stopping them are angry at the bungled raid and are determined to destroy Nwuche. They are lying to the Chairman to see Nwuche as an enemy in order for them to carry out their plans.

This in spite of the fact that the police have investigated the matters of FYD and the Amnesty Office and cleared both Nwuche and the NGO of any wrong doing. 

This saga calls for a thorough investigation by the President as to how state security apparatus are now being used by these IPO,s for criminality and to intimidate and destroy innocent citizens that resist their extortion.

We are calling on the National Assembly to investigate these gross abuse of power by the IPO,s and their attempt to cover up the criminals that participated in the raid and to stop them from  harassing Hon Nwuche on behalf of their known political sponsor.