Nwaoboshi, who represents Delta
north senatorial district, was listed alongside Stella Oduah from Anambra and
Jonah Jang from Plateau.
According to SaharaReporters, the
anti-graft agency arrested Nwaoboshi last week following the “corrupt manner”
he allegedly purchased a building owned by Delta state, “Guinea House” in Lagos
state.
“Yes we arrested Senator
Nwaoboshi few days ago based on series of corrupt cases hanging on his neck,”
SaharaReporters quoted a source as saying.
“On several occasions he has
turned down our invitation extended to him. He is under our custody right now
but I won’t give you further details because he will soon be charged to court.
But I advise you to also get across to our spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren for
further clarifications.”
The online platform said it
gathered that Okowa is behind the current predicament of Nwaoboshi.
Nwaoboshi is said to have fallen
out with Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta state governor, over plans to stop him from
returning to the red chamber in 2019.
The online publication said a
commissioner in Okowa’s cabinet as confirming that there is a rift between
Okowa and Nwaoboshi.
“Though I seriously frowned
against the fraudulent manner Senator Peter Nwaoboshi purchased the state asset
known as Guinea House located in Lagos, I can authoritatively confirm to you
that the governor is the mask behind the senator’s current hurting by the
commission,” the source reportedly said.
“Last year, the governor through
his principal secretary, Mr. Hilary Ibegbulem hired some youths to stage a mass
protect against Nwaoboshi at the national assembly but the plan later failed.
“The governor had always before
now through his principal secretary, Mr. Ibegbulem used some boys which I don’t
to mention now to sponsor petitions against Nwaoboshi and other political
opponents in the state which he perceived as enemies. Go and write it down, I
can confide in you that the governor has already struck a deal with the
commission’s officials and in the few months to come the officials of the
commission in its Benin city office in Edo state will turn Delta state to a
sort of mecca for arrest of political opponents especially government officials
served in the immediate past administration.”
Confirming the arrest of the
senator, one of his loyalists who simply identified himself as Nkem, was said
to have told SaharaReporters, that “Yes our oga as we talk is in EFCC custody
since last week and I can tell you that was the handiwork of governor Ifeanyi
Okowa. There are series of petitions being sponsored by the governor against
Nwaoboshi and everything is being handled by Okowa’s hitman, Hilary. They
governor has boasted to spend his last kobo to see that Nwaoboshi does not go
back to the senate in 2019. Check page 36, today’s Vanguard Newspaper for our
full page advert calling for the immediate release of our oga.”
TheCable could not reach Uwujaren
for comment as of the time this report was filed as his telephone line was out
of reach.
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