The Spokesperson of the commission, Rasheedat Okoduwa, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday night, said the arrest followed his “months of running from the law.”
Browsing: Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property
The dissolved SPIP, led by Okoi Obono-Obla, had in 2018 instituted the case, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/62/2018, against Ekweremadu, alleging that the serving senator refused and neglected to declare his assets upon being served the panel’s “notice to declare.”
This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Tuesday
The Presidential Panel carried out the action on the premise of last week’s ruling of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, which ordered an interim forfeiture of property
The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property has spread its dragnet abroad.
Uwajeh, a UK-based private investigator was appointed by the panel as a consultant to trace and recover undeclared assets and proceeds of fraud as part of the ongoing fight against corruption.
The properties are said to be located in Abuja, London, United States of America and Dubai, United Arab Emirates