A former Vice President, Architect Mohammed Namadi Sambo, has raised the alarm over what he termed the frequent visits of security operatives to his unoccupied residence in Kaduna.
Sambo said with the frequency of the visits and the manner in which the search on the house was conducted, including bringing along a bullion van, it had become obvious that there is an attempt to find faults with him.
In a statement by his media aide, Umar Sani, on Saturday, the former deputy to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, said he would not be surprised if something incriminating is planted in the house and then made to look like it was discovered there.
Sambo said it is shocking that the two houses he makes use of now in Abuja and Kaduna had not been searched by the security agents, but the one he does not use has been searched four times, the last being by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission.
The statement, titled: “The infamous raid in the residence of the former VP,” reads in full: 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 four 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 occupy.
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.
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 volumes of 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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