The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has rejected an offer by the immediate past
acting chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, to
refund the 23 luxury cars he got from a business associate of the former
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.
Prince Uche Secondus,
Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP
The anti-graft agency
had arrested Secondus on Tuesday for illegally receiving the luxury vehicles
from a controversial businessman, Jide Omokore.
He was quizzed for
hours yesterday by EFCC operatives.
The EFCC asked
Secondus to refund N310million cash being the worth of the vehicles since the
value would have depreciated.
The vehicles included
a Mercedes G63 and a Range Rover Autobiography.
He may however remain
in detention for a while because the anti-graft agency is still probing his
relationship with the oil baron.
Reacting to Mr.
Secondus’ arrest, the PDP in a statement on Wednesday said the arrest was part
of a grand script by the All Progressives Congress-led government to decimate
the opposition.
“We are also aware
that plans have been perfected by the federal government to arrest and detain
the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Senate Minority Leader,
Senator Godswill Akpabio and other leaders of the party on imaginary charges.”
In the statement
signed by Victor Kwon, it’s National Legal Adviser, the party said: “Indeed,
intelligence available to the party shows that the federal government, using
its various agencies, is bent on destroying any opposition to the ruling party
as all indications show that the government is more interested in humiliating
the PDP than fighting corruption.”
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