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October 10, 2006
EFCC hunts for Kalu’s mum, brother: They’re assassins from Presidency - Kalu
Efforts of the men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC) to arrest the mother of Governor Orji Uzor Kalu of Abia State, Chief (Mrs.) Eunice Uzor Kalu, in her Aba residence early on Monday proved abortive as the security men attached to the woman proved a hard nut to crack for the EFFC operatives.
Biola Azeez, Umuahia - 10.10.2006
Nigerian Tribune investigation revealed that the EFFC men, numbering over 50, had been on the trail of the woman, the governor’s brother, Mascot, and the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, in the past four days without success.
However, the Broadcasting Corporation of Abia State (BCA) on Monday morning said the people that attacked the residence of the mother of the governor were suspected assassins, who did not succeed in gaining entry into the home of the woman in Aba.
Nigerian Tribune investigations revealed that the EFCC retreated because they did not want stray bullets to kill anyone in the neighbouring houses. It was also gathered that the EFCC operatives who had their base in Port Harcourt , Rivers State , only had few of their men on surveillance in Abia State before the attempt was made to arrest the mother of the governor.
Nigerian Tribune also gathered that the mother of the governor, the governor’s brother and other members of the household had been taken to the Government House, Umuahia, where security men attached to the governor were keeping vigil. It was also learnt that security had been beefed up around the Government House.
However, Governor Orji Uzor Kalu of Abia State has condemned what he called an assassination attempt on his mother by unknown persons in police uniform who claimed they were from the presidency.
The governor, in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Onuoha Udeala, said if not for God’s intervention and the resistance put up by the security men at the gate, the assassins would have gained entry into the residence after shooting for over two hours.
He said that in recent times, his mother and members of his family had been receiving death threats from unknown persons who claimed they were not comfortable with his outspokenness on national issues.
Kalu called on the law enforcement agencies to start a full-scale investigation into the incident with a view to determining the veracity of their claim that they came from the presidency.
Posted by Publisher at October 10, 2006 09:23 AM
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