Secret Reporters No place to hide
One of Imo State Governor’s Ministerial hopeful, Benjamin Uwajumogu, who is the Speaker Imo State House of Assembly, this gathered is enmeshed in cesspool of corruption.
This revelation is coming from a youth group called Youths for Human Rights Protection and Transparency Initiative (YARPTI), YARPTI in a letter to the President-elect, by the group, said; “We call on you not to accept the nomination of Mr Benjamin Uwajumogu who is the outgoing Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly as Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria , Ambassador or any other federal position with the following reasons: The said Uwajumogu has not cleared his name of the heavy corruption allegations leveled against him by his former media aide Citizen Samuelson Iwuoha. Uwajumogu has several explanations to offer the people of Imo State over the petition forwarded to the EFCC by his aide dated 18th Feb 2014 . The said petition to EFCC was also made public in several newspapers and magazines and also on the internet. The petition disclosed how fraudulent contracts for road projects worth billions of naira were awarded by him as Speaker of Imo House of Assembly without due process and how he used the proceeds of the crime to acquire several properties in Nigeria and abroad whereas the same state is in dire need of infrastructures and is facing serious youths unemployment issues including unpaid worker’s salaries.”
Another reason giving to the President-elect in their letter, that Uwajumogu; “He should tell Nigerians how he acquired the following properties as revealed by his aide – N500million naira Asphalt plant along Onitsha road Owerri,15 mansions along Chief Ben Uwajumogu Street, Federal Housing Estate Umuguma Owerri – West LGA,JASMINE Hotels and Suites behind Imo Concorde Hotel valued at over N70 million, Over 200 plots of land located in Owerri West LGA, N400million naira Mansion at Ihitte /Uboma, 2 other mansions at Ihitte/Uboma,Mansions in Aba and Umuahia , N760 million naira Crush Rock Industry in Ebonyi State, N500 million naira private hotel in Abuja, N750 million naira private hotel in Lagos. The pictures of all the properties he acquired with stolen public funds were also sent to the EFCC and also made public on the internet.”
Other crimes levelled against Uwajumogu in their letter is that: “The same aide accused him of rituals and occult practices and explained how he (Uwajumogu) summoned all his senior aides in the presence of a native doctor where he (Uwajumogu) was stack naked and asked them to drink a concoction and kiss his manhood. The same aide accused Uwajumogu of attempting to kill him for exposing his fraudulent activities. This matter was reported to the former Imo State commissioner of police Mr Abdulmajid Ali who bluntly refused to investigate it . Note that 3 of Uwajumogu’s aides have so far been assassinated , namely Pastor Emmanuel Adoba, Hon Kingsley Nkemka and Mr Chidi.”
YARPTI in the letter signed by Kenneth Uwadi the Group’s President said; “He (Uwajumogu) committed heavy human rights violation in Imo State by ordering for the arrest of Citizen Samuelson Iwuoha together with his wife and dumped them in prison without trial for 11 months were they were subjected to torture which is against article 5 ,9 and 10 of the United Nations Universal declaration of Human Rights.”
