{"id":9115,"date":"2018-03-18T21:15:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T03:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&p=9115"},"modified":"2018-03-18T21:30:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T03:30:23","slug":"ex-chief-judge-asks-efcc-to-investigate-how-ekweremadu-acquired-32-choice-properties","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ex-chief-judge-asks-efcc-to-investigate-how-ekweremadu-acquired-32-choice-properties\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Chief Judge Asks EFCC To Investigate How Ekweremadu Acquired 32 Choice Properties"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A former Chief Judge of Enugu State, Professor I.A Umezulike, has asked the National Security Adviser (NSA), Brigadier-General Babagana Monguno (retd), to order the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission\u00a0 (EFCC) to probe how Mr. Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President, acquired 32 choice properties in Nigeria and abroad.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The demand for investigation was made in a 16 June 2017 letter addressed to NSA by the retired Chief Judge.<\/p>\n

In the letter, exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters, Professor Umezulike said Mr. Ekweremadu’s lifestyle and the\u00a0 properties he has acquired are not justified by this source of income and should be probed under Section 7 (1) (b) of the EFCC Act.<\/p>\n

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Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to the retired judge, the EFCC has the power to\u00a0 “cause investigation to be conducted into the properties of any person if appears to the Commission that the person\u2019s lifestyle and extent of the properties are not justified by his source of income\u201d.<\/p>\n

He noted that Mr. Ekweremadu is in his fourth term as senator representing Enugu West Senatorial District.<\/p>\n

Before being elected as a senator, said Professor Umezulike, Mr. Ekweremadu spent four years as an aide to former Enugu State governor, Mr Chimaroke Nnamani, first as the\u00a0 \u00a0Chief of Staff and later, as\u00a0 Secretary to the State Government.<\/p>\n

“In sum, from 1999 till date, he has been in the realm of public office without any break to engage in any personal business. Thus, his emoluments in the past 18 years are easily ascertainable from Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission,” asserted the retired judge.<\/p>\n

He equally claimed that prior to his entry into public office in 1999, Mr. Ekweremadu was a struggling lawyer, who lived in a depressed suburb of Enugu at\u00a0 No. 17. Mike Ejeagha Street, Abakpa-Nike, Enugu.<\/p>\n

“He managed to eke out a living as a ‘charge and bail’ legal practitioner,” said Professor Umezulike, who attached\u00a0 photographs of buildings that housed the Deputy Senate President’s law office.<\/p>\n

Professor Umezulike noted that within a space of 18 years in public office, Mr. Ekweremadu has amassed billions of naira and used part of the money to buy high-end properties across four continents. He added that Mr. Ekweremadu has money in the vaults of Sterling Bank Plc and United Bank of Africa.<\/p>\n

In Enugu alone, said the retired judge, the Deputy Senate President own\u00a0No. 14, Iyienu Street,\u00a0Independence Layout; 7 O’Connor Street, Asata;\u00a0\u00a014\/16 Charles Street, G. R. A, Enugu;\u00a09B Isuofia Street, Shagari Low Cost Housing in Trans-Ekulu;\u00a0\u00a028 Owerri Road\u00a0in Asata, House\u00a02, Local City Garden, G. R. A; an a plot at Republic Layout.\u00a0 He also owns\u00a069.4 hectares of land in Ogbeke-Nike, Enugu.<\/p>\n

Mr. Ekweremadu’s property portfolio in Abuja includes\u00a0Plot 1518 Maitama,\u00a011 Evan Enwerem Street, Apo Legislative Quarters,\u00a0Plot 2633 Kyami,\u00a0Housing Estate (Plot 1106 CRD, Cadastral Zone 07-07, Lugbe,\u00a02, Jim Nwobodo Street, Apo Legislative Quarters and\u00a0Plot 2782 Asokoro Extension.<\/p>\n

He equally owns houses at Citi Park Estate, Gwagwalada;\u00a0Plot 1474 Cadastral Zone BD6, Mabushi;\u00a0Congress Court, Abuja;\u00a0Flat 1, Block D25, Athletics Street, (24th\u00a0Street) Games Village; and\u00a0Plot 66, 64 Crescents, Gwarimpa Estate.<\/p>\n

In the British capital of London, Mr. Ekweremadu owns\u00a0Flat 4 Varsity Court, Hormer Street, WIH 4NW, London; and\u00a052 Ayleston Avenue, NW6 7AB, London. Both properties were subjects of a recent exclusive report by SaharaReporters.<\/p>\n

In Dubai, as also previously reported by this website, Mr. Ekweremadu is the owner of\u00a0Room 1903, The Address Hotel, Downtown Dubai;\u00a0The Address Boulevard, 3901, Dubai;\u00a02 Flats of Burij Side Boulevard (The Signature), Dubai;\u00a0Emirate Gardens Apartment No. EGG1\/1\/114, Dubai;\u00a0Emirate Gardens Apartment No. EGG1\/115, Dubai;\u00a0Apartment No. DFB\/12\/B 1204, Park Towers, Dubai;\u00a0Flat 3604, MAG 214, Dubai; and\u00a0Villa No 148, Maeen1, The Lakes Emirates Hills, Dubai. In Florida, United States of America, the Deputy Senate President owns\u00a04507 Stella Street, Bellavida Estate;\u00a02747 Club Cortile Circle\u00a0and 2763\u00a0\u00a0Club Cortile Circle, all in Kissime, Florida.<\/p>\n

“Given the foregoing, we urge and beseech you to direct thorough investigation of these properties of Senator Ike Ekweremadu with a view of bringing him to book and edify the fight against economic and financial crimes in Nigeria,” said Professor Umezulike.<\/p>\n

SAHARAREPORTERS<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A former Chief Judge of Enugu State, Professor I.A Umezulike, has asked the National Security Adviser (NSA), Brigadier-General Babagana Monguno (retd), to order the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission\u00a0 (EFCC) to probe how Mr. Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President, acquired 32 choice properties in Nigeria and abroad. 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