Obono-Obla, Buhari’s ‘Anti-Graft Fighter’ Flees, Declared Wanted

Erstwhile presidential aide, Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla who spread fear and panic among many political office holders with his assaults has been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

The declaration according to the spokesperson for the agency, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, followed Obono-Obla’s “repeated failure’’ to appear before the commission to answer questions bordering on allegations of fraud and corruption.

Obono-Obla had repeatedly denounced many political office holders with the allegation of corruption and used his office as chairman of the presidential committee on the recovery of government properties to confront many political office holders.

He had issued threats of arrest against those who refused to comply. However, in several instances his actions were seen as political and there were allegations that the committee also used the office to extort.

The commission in the statement said:

“Mr. Obono-Obla is facing series of allegations leveled against him by members of the public on his role as head of the government panel on asset recovery.

“The Commission is in receipt of petitions accusing him of abuse of office, falsification of admission records, living above his income and collection of gratification from suspects under his investigation.

“The suspended chairman is also facing allegations of working outside the guidelines governing the panel by investigating unauthorized petitions and prosecuting suspects without recourse to the office of the Attorney General of the Federation.

“ICPC had conducted series of investigations on the allegations with preliminary findings showing that some provisions of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and extant laws of Nigeria had been allegedly violated by Mr. Obono-Obla.

“Consequently, ICPC had extended several invitations to him, which he had failed to honour without giving any reason. Attempts to track and make him appear before the Commission also failed leading ICPC to contact to contact other law enforcement agencies for assistance concerning his whereabouts.

“One of such contacts has yielded results as records from the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) show that Mr. Obono-Obla had travelled out of the country.

“The NIS records revealed that he left the country to an undisclosed location on 17th August, 2019, through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, and has not returned two months after.”

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