Senator Peter Nwaoboshi has denied owning several accounts and landed property in Lagos or Warri as listed as seized from him by Special Presidential Investigation Panel (SPIP).
The senator said in a statement signed by his Special Assistant, Mr.Vincent Adoor, only three of the accounts listed by the panel belong to him.
The statement read in part: “First, all the properties listed and purportedly sealed does not belong to Senator Peter Nwaoboshi. Senator Peter Nwaoboshi states unequivocally that he does not own a single property in Lagos or Warri, as claimed by SPIP, and that the identities of the real owners will be known when the trial commences.
“Of the 22 Bank Accounts allegedly frozen, only three can be said to be his. Two of those accounts are his salary account with UBA, National Assembly Branch. All monies that enter both accounts are his official salary, allowances and estacodes. The Third account is his domiciliary account with Access Bank. The balance in all the accounts listed by (SPIP) is less than (45,000,000) Forty Five Million Naira Only. Worthy of note is the fact that Senator Nwaoboshi took a loan of (150,000,000) One Hundred and Fifty Million Naira on his salary account with UBA. This is verifiable”.
“Senator Peter Nwaoboshi wants the Nigerian People to know that what is ongoing is a personal fight and vendetta pursued by Okoi Obono- Obla and his good friend and sponsor Hon. Ned Nwoko against him. The sole reason for this blackmail, harassment, intimidation and campaign of calumny is Delta North Senatorial Seat which Hon. Nwoko lost, and is presently a subject of litigation pending before the Supreme Court”, the statement further read.
Recall that the Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property recently sealed some properties it said were linked to the Delta-North Senator in Lagos and Delta states.
Chairman of the panel, Okoi Obono-Obla, announced the seizure by sharing with journalists in Lagos, some 12 pictures he captioned as “Sealing up of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi’s suspicious assets carried out by operatives of SPIP this weekend in Warri, Asaba and Lagos.”
This was said to have followed the July 2, 2019 ruling of Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja, ordering the interim forfeiture of 11 properties and 22 bank accounts linked to the senator.
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