Hope Uzodinma, governorship
candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo state, on Tuesday
failed to appear before the special presidential investigation panel for
recovery of public property (SPIP) to answer questions over alleged fraud.
Lucie-Ann Laha, spokeswoman of
the panel, disclosed this to reporters in Abuja, saying the panel officials
spent hours waiting for Uzodinma.
He was arrested at the Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Sunday.
He was arrested in connection of
a case on alleged failure of his company to execute a contract of $12 million
for the dredging of Calabar Port channel.
He was released after
interrogation but directed to return on Tuesday for continuation of probe.
Earlier, Okoi Obono-Obla,
chairman of the panel, said Uzodinma had been evading arrest for about a year.
“The panel is investigating
economic sabotage against Sen. Uzodinma arising out of the failure of his
company to execute a contract of 12 million dollars for the dredging of Calabar
channel awarded by the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA),” he had said.
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