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Messy Divorce: How Ex-Abia LG Boss Deceived, Manipulated Lady to Loot Husband’s Properties – Witness
The dust raised by the role a former Abia Local Government, LG Chairman from the Central Senatorial Zone of the State played in instigating a messy divorce between a once happy couple is yet to settle down even as more facts has emerged buttressing allegations that the randy politician practically wrote the script that tore the marriage into shreds
Out of two witnesses, a matter is established, says the Holy Book. In the matter of the messy divorce case instigated by the former LGA chairman, three witnesses have revealed that indeed the former LG Chairman was the sole author and producer of the drama that has engulfed a once happy home.
Our reporter spoke extensively with the driver of the Lady at the centre of the mess; Her biological brother and a painter that works for the family, and from their revelations, we established an intimate relationship between the former LG boss, all confirming our last report, with additional revelations
The Lady’s younger brother confirmed acquaintances with the randy politician whom he said his sister introduced to him as ‘’her godfather”.
After the introduction, he added that the former LG boss cajoled him to always be around his in-law’s house to protect his sister, that he (the Chairman) will be giving him money to do his bidding
Asked whether his brother-inlaw and his sister were having problems before he met the LG boss, he replied in the negative.
The youngman maintained that he could have been under a spell or simply deceived by the regular huge sums of money he was receiving on regular basis from the politician. He narrated how he woke up one morning to receive an alert of N100,000 from the politician who later called him and instructed him to park his brother inlaw’s properties to an address in Victoria Island
He told our reporter that, the scale fell off of his eyes, when he suspected that the “godfather” status has turned to amorous relationship and taken a dangerous dimension as he later overheard the politician instructing his sister to grab all she could from her husband’s home and flee because the husband had concluded plans to bring back his first wife, a story he found out later were all lies.
‘’In fact, that so called LG Chairman destroyed my sister’s marriage by manipulating her against her husband and I reported same to my family”, he concluded.
The driver to the Lady who has worked with the family for about 4 years said he began to notice changes in what he thought was a political relationship after the election. He explained that before then, he would drive his Madam to the ex-Chairman’s family house, somewhere in Aba and they will go inside the building – just the two of them for several hours while he would sit at the gate with the security guards.
He said he initially thought nothing about it as the ex Chairman regularly showered him with huge amounts of money during such visits and sometimes, through money transfer, but he began to get suspicious as the visits became more frequent and always with only between two of them in his matrimonial home, and maybe because, his family is said to be living outside the country. I began to wonder how a responsible man could be bringing another man’s wife to his family house ?
He added that his suspicions were further spiked by the video calls he often noticed between his Madam and the man, which often goes on for several hours when the husband is not at home
‘’Even when driving Madam, they will be talking non-stop on the phone for hours and be calling each other pet names”, the driver said. He further disclosed that the politician instructed his Madam to disconnect the car tracker, an instruction he had executed on the orders of his madam twice.
Our reporter has so far been able to corroborate the revelations with phone chats and bank transactions in our possession.
In the course of the investigations, the former Chairman was confronted with the allegations, with pieces of evidence, but he arrogantly queried why he is being called out alone. He boasted that he is only one of the many lovers of the Lady and named a former member of the House of Assembly, who was also a former Commissioner in the State who once gifted her N3m? He also mentioned another serving lawmaker, and a bigtime telephone dealer based in Lagos.
By Francesca Hangeior
The Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, Dr Jobson Ewalefoh, has said that the construction of the 3.5 billion dollar Bakassi Deep Seaport would soon commence.
This is contained in a statement issued by the ICRC’s Acting Head of Media and Publicity, Ifeanyi Nwoko, in Abuja on Monday.
Ewalefoh made this known at a High-level Stakeholders’ meeting where a statement of endorsement for the port project was signed.
The ICRC D-G who said the construction would commence under the administration of Govenor Bassey Otu of Cross River State, assured that the project would be completed in record time.
He said that his assurance was premised on four things which include the fact that the government of the state had demonstrated great commitment and zeal required for the project.
Others he said were the newly streamlined ICRC Public Private Partnership processes; the securing of a financier for the project; and the support of all other stakeholders present.
Ewalefoh said the 3.5 billion dollar project whose funding has been secured from the African Import-Export Bank, is to be executed as a PPP project.
He said that the ICRC had streamlined its PPP processes to ensure they were faster than before.
According to Ewalefoh, we are not compromising standards, we are only making the process more efficient which I have commenced as the D-G of ICRC.
He assured the Governor of Cross River that the project would be completed under his tenure with the support of the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, the Shippers Council and all the stakeholders.
The statement read, “You have demonstrated that you have what it takes to do it, just like President Tinubu has given confidence to investors to bring their funds to Nigeria.
“This is not a project that you started, the baton was only handed over to you, but like the man on the last lap, you are running the fastest and you will cut the tape.
“With the team you have assembled and the activities that are going on, you will arrive at the destination of the Bakassi Deep Seaport.
“I am convinced that in your tenure, with your team, Bakassi Deep Seaport will be a reality to the people of Cross River state and Nigerians.”
The D-G said that the port was very important as it would diversify the traffic from the Western Port and serve as a succour to the Eastern parts of Nigeria.
He added that the Bakassi Deep Seaport is an Agro-Value-Chain port that will explore the potential in the nation’s agricultural sector in the South-South part of Nigeria, the North as well as all of Africa.
Ewalefoh thanked Afreximbank for believing in the state and Nigeria as he reassured investors that Nigeria was a choice destination for investment opportunities.
The statement said a high point of the meeting was the signing of the declaration of endorsement by all critical stakeholders to the projects including the ICRC and the Cross River State Government.
Others include the Nigerian Ports Authority and the Nigerian Shippers Council.
By Francesca Hangeior
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has released a statement condemning the unauthorised use of its operational gear in comedy skits.
This comes in response to the resurgence of an old video titled “EFCC and Army Wahala” across social media platforms.
In a statement on Monday via X, the anti-graft agency expressed deep concern over the misrepresentation of its operatives in such productions.
“This, once again, compels the EFCC to reiterate its warning to skit makers and other social workers to desist from using the operational accoutrements of the commission illegally and irresponsibly,” the statement read.
The commission took particular issue with the portrayal of its agents in the video, describing it as a “caricature of the operational etiquette of the EFCC.”
The commission stated that the video depicts a shameful characterisation of supposed operatives of the commission, and unleashing terror on “suspects” is not only embarrassing but indicative of a deliberate attempt to cast shadows on the image of the EFCC.
The EFCC said, “Operatives of the EFCC are not bullies. They are trained as refined modern law enforcement officers rich in decency, civility and respect for members of the public, including suspects of economic and financial crimes.”
The commission hence issued a stern warning to content creators, stating, “Skit makers are warned again to desist from unauthorised use of the accoutrements of the Commission.”
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