AWKA—
The Special Fraud Unit, SFU of the Force Criminal Investigation
Department, has declared the Anambra
State Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr.
Vincent Ejikeme Ezewajiaku wanted for allegedly obtaining the sum of N10.
6 Million by false pretense and forgery.
The
serving commissioner according to the Unit’s spokes person, Ngozi Insitume-Agu,
a Deputy Superintendent of Police, was invited to the Unit to answer questions
bothering on the allegation, twice, but failed to show up.
Detectives
from the Unit whom she said visited Anambra state to effect Ezewajiaku’s arrest, later released him on
bail to one Engineer Obi Okwudili who stood as a surety.
But
following the commissioner’s alleged refusal to show up at the Unit as
promised, his surety according to Insitume-Agu, was arrested.
Trouble
as gathered, erupted after the Unit received a petition from an undisclosed
businessman, who alleged that sometime between 1996 and 2002, the commissioner
who was then Managing Director of BIO
Plastic limited, invited him to invest in his company as a co director,with an
agreement that he (complainant) would acquire 34% of the equity at the end of
investment.
The
complainant according to Nsitume-Agu in the petition stated that he paid the
sum of N10,582,540.00 instrumentally, alleging that he was “ induced by the
commissioner to part with his hard earned money by writing several letters
promising and indicating huge potentials of the company’s expected turnover and
profitability. But he later discovered that he had invested in a non-existent
company as the company was not registered with the Corporate Affairs
Commission.
In
the course of investigation, Insitume-Agu said some detectives from the Unit
traveled to Anambra State with an invitation letter which was duly served on
the suspect.
“The
suspect was expected to report to the office on April 16, 2013 but he failed to
honour Police invitation. Again on
August 4, 2013 detectives went to Awka with a Warrant of Arrest and he resisted
arrest and maintained that he must see the Governor of the State or State
Commissioner of Police. He was taken to
State CID where he made cautionary statement and was subsequently released on
bail to one Engr. Obi Damian Okwudili who promised in writing to produce the
suspect on August 15, 2013 but all to no avail.
“The
suspect has deliberately refused to honour Police invitation as well as
resisting arrest. The surety has been
arrested and will soon be charged to court for offense of surety to show cause.
“Meanwhile,
the Commissioner of Police, Special Fraud Unit has declared Vincent Ejikeme
Ezewajiaku wanted. Anybody with useful
information on how to arrest him or his whereabout, should contact the
Commissioner of Police, Special Fraud Unit, 13 Milverton Road, Ikoyi, Lagos”,
the Unit’s spokes person said.
Source
-Vanguard
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