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Idoma Group Condemns EFCC Detention Of Indigenous SAN.

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Members of Opiatoha K’ idoma, have condemned in strong terms, the prolonged detention of Barrister Godwin Obla, (SAN), by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, (EFCC).

 

The social cultural organisation, championing the course of Idoma kingdom within the Benue South senatorial district, believes, contrary to constitutional provision (s), Obla has been held by the EFCC in its custody for almost two weeks.

 

A statement by the Secretary General of the umbrella body, Chief Adoka Adaji however, called on the operatives of EFCC to release their son, Obla, with immediate effect or at best, charge him to competent court of law for proper adjudication.

 

The statement read in part: “we are saddened that Barrister Obla who has always exhibited diligent conduct, could be humiliated in this manner by the EFCC whose cases he had handled with utmost best”.

 

Chief Adaji stated that the Opiatoha k’idoma, does not support corruption in any way but that EFCC must show decorum in its anti-graft war as against the status quo, adding that the battle will be lost if impunity becomes the order of the day.

 

The organisation maintained that Obla is held in high esteem in the Idoma nation and any attempt to rubbish him would not be condoned.

NIS Scandal: We will invoke ‘Alekwu’ gods on Abba Moro’s Persecutors – Idoma Group

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A group under the aegis of Okela Kach’Idoma has threatened to invoke the gods of the land, ‘Alekwu’ on anyone behind the prosecution of their son and former minister of Interior, Abba Moro.

Moro is currently facing trial alongside three others on an 11-count charge bordering on procurement fraud and money laundering over the failed 2014 Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment exercise.
The group said the prosecution was politically motivated just to rubbish the image of the son, Moro.
Addressing newsmen Thursday in Otukpo, the national president of Okela Kach’Idoma, Gabriel Adejor Ogidi, said the people of the Idoma community were not happy with the way Moro was being rubbished in the media.

Accroding to Ogidi, Moro, who is happily married with children, would not set out to organize any exercise that would lead to the death of other people’s children.

The group also faulted the earlier claim by the Comptroller- General of Immigration and Principal Witness (PW1) to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),Mr. David Paradang that he was not a member of the Steering Committee which conducted the ill-fated recruitment exercise.

“How is that possible? Paradang was in charge of Immigration during the recruitment exercise and as such he cannot deny knowledge of the entire process.
“Now the truth is out. It has been discovered that the former Immigration Boss was actually a Member of the Steering Committee which conducted the ill-fated recruitment exercise. Who is lying now?

“The truth is that he is being used to pull Moro down. The whole drama is staged just to tarnish the image of our son and we will not hesitate invoke the wrath of Alekwu K’Idoma on anyone trying to persecute Comrade Moro,” Ogidi said.

He called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to allow his good image and that of his administration, which he had built for years to be rubbished by some persons he tagged enemies of progress.

“We are calling on the peoples’ president, Muhammadu Buhari to intervene into the case in order not to allow his reputation and that of his government be dragged into the mud,” he added.