Former Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani, has left many
Nigerians stunned following his open confession on how he prevailed on a
one-time chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nuhu
Ribadu to drop corruption charges against his kinsman, Mr. Chinyeaka Oha.
In a trending video, the former Chairman of the National
Assembly told a public gathering that but for his intervention, Oha’s carrier
would have been crippled.
The event was a reception organized in honour of Oha, a
retired Federal Permanent Secretary by his Awkunanaw Community, in Enugu South
Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Both Nnamani and Oha are from the community Oha, who is
among those believed to be angling to succeed Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in
2023, was at the time an Accountant-General of Enugu State under former
Governor, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani’s administration.
The former Senate President has now revealed how he
prevailed on Ribadu to let Oha off the hook.
He said Oha was instead made a witness against his former
boss, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani rather than face trial.
“We thank the Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for
making the state one of the peace loving states in the country. If there is no
peace, none of us will be here today.
“We are here to honour someone whom I have known for a very
long time, Sir Christian Chinyeaka Oha. While I was in office, he had
difficulties when he served at the state level. He was tossed around, they were
going to stand for charges in various courts of the land, but our people will
say “onye Nwanne ya no n’izu na ikpe adighi ama ya” (Once whose brother is
sitting in judgement cannot be guilty).
“I ensured that he did not continue with that harassment.
And that helped him to continue till he retired because when I reached Nuhu
Ribadu, he was in my house and Chinyeaka was there too. I’m saying this because
when you don’t blow your trumpet, no one will do that for you.
“If I don’t tell you, you will not know, I invited both parties
so that we look at the matter properly to know what really happened.
“I said was this man directly involved or was he an agent,
did he commit anything directly? What really happened? I will like you and him
to find solution.
“Then they found solution, they found a very lasting
solution. Chinyeaka was made a witness in the matter.
“So, he didn’t have to go further, because if he had gone
further, if the matter had gone further, he will not be where he went to before
he retired.”
He is a person we can vouch for, a person from a very humble
background who knows where he is coming from”, he said.
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