- Imo governorship candidate has shunned the presidential panel for Recovery of Public Property
- Hope Uzodinma shunned the panel hours after he was released by the presidency on health grounds
- The Senator was expected to appear before the panel on Tuesday, November 13, over alleged failure of his company to execute a contract of 12 million dollars for the dredging of Calabar Port channel
Senator Hope Uzodinma, on Tuesday, November 13, defied invitation by the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property to him to appear and answer questions over alleged fraud against him.
Spokesperson of the panel, Ms Lucie-Ann Laha, disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja late on Tuesday after a long wait by the panel’s officials and newsmen for the senator.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Uzodinma was on Sunday arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by the police at the instance of the panel.
He was arrested in connection of a case on alleged failure of his company to execute a contract of 12 million dollars for the dredging of Calabar Port channel.
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He was released same day after an interrogation session with officials of the panel, who released him and directed that he should return on Tuesday for continuation of the probe.
The spokesperson said the senator had defied the invitation by failure to appear at the panel’s office as agreed.
An earlier statement by chairman of the Panel, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, said that Uzodinma had been evading arrest for about a year.
“The panel is investigating economic sabotage against Seneator 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),” the statement said.
Senator Hope Uzodinma, on Tuesday defied invitation by the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property to him to appear and answer questions over alleged fraud against him.
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Spokesperson of the panel, Ms Lucie-Ann Laha, disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja late on Tuesday after a long wait by the panel’s officials and newsmen for the senator.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Uzodinma was on Sunday arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by the police at the instance of the panel.
He was arrested in connection of a case on alleged failure of his company to execute a contract of 12 million dollars for the dredging of Calabar Port channel.
He was released same day after an interrogation session with officials of the panel, who released him and directed that he should return on Tuesday for continuation of the probe.
The spokesperson said the senator had defied the invitation by failure to appear at the panel’s office as agreed.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Uzodinma was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Sunday, November 8, over an alleged breach of contract worth $12m.
The Special Presidential Investigation Panel For Recovery of Public Property said its operatives arrested Uzodinma, the senator representing Imo West senatorial district, for a breach of contract after his company allegedly failed to execute a contract of $12 milliom for the dredging of Calabar channel.
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