The suspended Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Mr Ekoi Obono-Obla has been arrested by the the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) after months of running from the law.
WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that Obono-Obia was arrested by operatives of the commission on Friday in Abuja after hr was declared wanted in October last year by ICPC for repeatedly failing to honour invitations sent to him.
According to report, Obono-Obia was invited to appear before the commission to clear his name after the commission investigated allegations of abuse of office, certificate forgery and fraud amongst others.
It was also learnt that ICPC had kept surveillance on his movements and activities for some time until he was finally arrested along Aso Drive opposite the Millennium Park Abuja on Friday afternoon.
He was taken to the Commission’s headquarters and ran through custody protocols including medical profiling.
Mr Obono-Obla was suspended by the Presidency in August 2019 for “abuse of office, intimidation and unauthorized malicious investigations, financial impropriety, administrative misconduct, and allegations of forgery/falsification or records, amongst others.” ICPC statement read.