The Abia State Government has frowned at the invasion of the residence of the state Commissioner for Works, Hon. Eziuche Ubani, by a team of men of the Nigeria Army and operatives of the Department of State Services.
The state government described it as condemnable, unwarranted and unacceptable.
To that end, it has requested an unreserved apology from the security agencies involved in the act, saying that government feels embarrassed by the action.
Addressing newsmen at the residence of Ubani at Ovom in Obingwa Local Government Area, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Bonnie Iwuoha, said the government demands explanation from the security agencies on why they invaded the residence of the commissioner and two-time member of the House of Representatives at the wee hours of the morning.
According to him, Ubani is peace loving and the government feels concerned and embarrassed that this sort of thing is happening to an official of the state government.
The commissioner used the forum to call on those funding disturbances in the state to stop forthwith as government will not condone the violence in any guise.
Briefing newsmen on the attack, Ubani explained that his residence was invaded at about 2am by a team of DSS and Nigerian Army operatives in six Hilux vans, broke his gate and gained entry into his house by climbing the wall and held him hostage for four hours.
According to him, the team, led by Stephen Agu of the DSS from Abuja, said they heard a report from the opposition that he was stockpiling arms and training people to assassinate leaders of the All Progressives Grand Alliance.
He said the team thoroughly searched his house, including the water tank, broke his wardrobe, climbed the ceiling and inflicted injuries on his driver in his boys quarters after which they wrote on a paper that they found nothing incriminating in the house.
The Commissioner for Works said if state institutions will be used to harass innocent Nigerians, then he wonders where the country is heading.
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