Why EFCC Arrested Former PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus
The
reason why Operatives of the EFCC, yesterday, arrested for questioning,
a former acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche
Secondus has now been revealed.
We reported it here
yesterday that the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), arrested the immediate past acting chairman of the
Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, for illegally receiving
23 luxury vehicles valued at N310 million from controversial
businessman, Jide Omokore.
According to a source at the anti-graft agency, the vehicles included a Mercedes G63 and a Range Rover Autobiography. "His
(Mr. Secondus) name popped up while we were investigating Jide Omokore
who lifted crude oil repeatedly through his Atlantic Energy but failed
to remit the money to the government," said the source.
Federal government insiders disclosed two weeks ago that Jide
Omokore had been compelled to release $14 million crude oil royalty his
company, Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited, failed to
remit to the federal treasury.
The ex PDP chairman was picked up by the anti-graft operatives on
Tuesday after investigators suspected he had served as a conduit for
laundering Omokore’s funds.
"Mr. Omokore distributed money and gifts to politicians and
investigators are suspicious that actually those money and vehicles
might have passed through him (Mr. Secondus) to other politicians," the source said.
Uche Secondus is currently undergoing interrogation at the
Commission’s headquarters. While reacting to Secondus’ arrest, the PDP
criticized the federal government’s 'oppressive and unfair treatments'
of its key leaders.
In a statement on Wednesday, the party said the arrest was part of a
grand script by the All Progressives Congress-led government to
decimate the opposition.
"We are also aware that plans have been perfected by the
federal government to arrest and detain the Deputy Senate President,
Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio
and other leaders of the party on imaginary charges,” the party said in the statement signed by Victor Kwon, its National Legal Adviser.
"Indeed, intelligence available to the party shows that the
federal government, using its various agencies, is bent on destroying
any opposition to the ruling party as all indications show that the
government is more interested in humiliating the PDP than fighting
corruption."
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