Ex-VP Sambo voices suspected reason security agents raided his home 5 times in 6 months

Nigeria’s former Vice President Namadi Sambo has decried the raids on his Kaduna home by security agents which has been done five times in six months.

He alleged that the alarming rate of the raid showed the desperation of the operatives to plant objects in his houses and then use same to incriminate him as nothing else could justify their constant raid on his residences.

The vice president to former President Goodluck Jonathan stated this in reaction to the latest raid by operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) on his Kaduna home last Wednesday.

According to Sambo, the rate of raid on the residence which is presently unoccupied “speaks volume of the clandestine intention of the security operatives”.

His reaction was contained in a statement he released through his spokesman, Sani Umar. He insisted that five raids on his residence in six months “portrays a desire of fault-finding mission”.

The statement read, “In the late afternoon of Wednesday, the 28th of June 2017, the Alimi Road, Kaduna, un-occupied residence of the former vice president, Arc Mohammed Namadi Sambo, GCON, was invaded by security operatives armed with a search warrant, who conducted a forensic search of the entire residence.

“Initially, we were at a loss as to their identity but later discovered that they were operatives from the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC. This raid brings to five the number of times the residence was searched within a period of six months and on each occasion valuable fittings were deliberately destroyed.

“It is worthy of note to state that no such brazen attempts were made at any point, either at his Link Road Kaduna residence, or his Abuja apartment, which he presently occupies.

“As the visit of the operatives was unscheduled, the reasons for the search were not specifically stated. However, the outcome of the search was made known. At the end of the whole exercise, the officers who carried out the search were satisfied that nothing incriminating was found.

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“As a law-abiding citizen, the former vice-president did not raise any alarm in the previous invasions in view of the fact that he has nothing to hide.

“The recent desperation exhibited by some security agencies in carrying out a raid on an unoccupied residence blocking all entry and exit points, in a commando-style and coming along with a bullion van speaks volume about the clandestine intention of the security operatives. It is therefore worrisome to note that the consistency with which the searches occurred, and the intervals between them portrays a desire of a fault-finding mission. We are apprehensive that a repeat of such episode will not be surprising if an incriminating object is planted in his residence in order to willfully and deliberately incriminate him.

“It is against this background that we wish to draw the attention of the unsuspecting members of the public to this phenomenon. The desperation of some of the security agencies is glaring, by the number of times such searches were conducted and still counting. We hope it is not a way to try to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it”

 

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