The suspended chairman of the Special Presidential
Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla has
said that he is determined to become the candidate of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in the 2023 election for the Cross River Central Senatorial
District seat in the National Assembly.
He said this in an interview on Tuesday, adding that no
matter the scheming and power play by politicians, it is the people that will
decide the candidate.
“The members of my party from the 66 wards and six local
government areas make up my senatorial district. They will determine my fate,
not anybody else.
“It is also the Almighty God that will ultimately decide my
destiny as far as it concerns my senatorial ambition. Only God can block me,
not anybody else,” he said.
The former personal assistant to the president on
prosecution also clarified that he was never ousted as a special assistant and
was duly paid his severance benefits when the first tenure of Mr President
ended.
He claimed that technically he still remains chairman of the
recovery panel.
“I served as SA to the president from April 2016 to 28 May
2019 when the first tenure of the president expired. I was paid my severance
benefits as it is customarily,” he said.
“Maybe you are alluding to my suspension as chairman of the
special presidential investigation panel for the recovery of public property
“I was suspended as chairman of the recovery panel on 11
August 2019. Suspension is different from ouster. Technically I still remain
the chairman because I was not removed but suspended.”
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