Okoi Obono-Obla, suspended chairman of the Special
Presidential Investigation Panel for the recovery of Public Property (SPIP),
has reportedly filed a suit against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other
Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
Obono-Obla, who was suspended a
day after he claimed that there were some highly placed persons frustrating the
works of the SPIP, is being investigated for alleged falsification of records
and financial impropriety by the ICPC.
In a letter announcing his
suspension, Obono-Obla was asked to step aside until the commission concludes
its investigation.
According to Punch newspaper,
Obono-Obla refused to appear before the ICPC on Monday, and had proceeded to
the federal high court in Abuja on Tuesday to challenge the probe.
The newspaper reported its
sources confirmed that Obono-Obla refused to appear before the ICPC owing to
his plan to challenge the summons by the commission.
Oluwatosin Ojaomo, who served as
a prosecutor under him at the SPIP, was quoted to have said that Obono-Obla, in
the suit, is seeking to restrain the ICPC from arresting or summoning him.
“He contends in the suit that the
ICPC had already judged him and convicted him before inviting him for
interrogation,” Ojaomo reportedly said.
Obono-Obla was not available to
comment on the issue as his telephone was switched off.
Raheedat Okoduwa, ICPC’s
spokesperson, did not immediately respond to messages seeking a
response on the matter.
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