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Okoi Obono-Obla, a former personal assistant to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, however, cautioned Gov Fubara that it was very important for him to watch his back.

On the election of a new Speaker of the State Assembly by five PDP lawmakers loyal to the governor, Obono-Obla said he seriously thinks it is unconstitutional for a House of Assembly made up of 31 members to sit down and elect a speaker.

Speaking on tax evasion, Obono-Obla said, “I wrote to the Federal Inland Revenue Service about these assets, questioning if taxes were paid.

A statement from the office of said that Mr Obono-Obla would be investigated by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission over “alleged falsification of records and financial impropriety”.

Counsel to PDP, Chief Godwin Obla (SAN) also urged the court to adjourn the matter due to the directive of the NBA.

For those who assumed neutrality on the issue, they averred that the trial of Obono-Obla and the panel was an endgame in the fierce power game and proxy war in the presidency.

ICPC declares Obono-Obla wanted – Royal Times of Nigeria.

Inundated by chains of complaints of excesses of the panel, the VP through a letter signed by Ipaye and dated January 25, 2019, asked Obono-Obla to suspend all activities of the panel until further directives.

Meanwhile, apart from torrents of petitions from other quarters, other members of Obono-Obla Panel also bombarded the Presidency with petitions on his one-man show in the running of the SPIP’s operations and finances.

She said Obono-Obla’s “repeated failure’’ to appear before the commission over allegations of fraud and corruption resulted in the latest action.

SPIP chairman Okoi Obono-Obla said yesterday that the panel discovered that the individuals acquired properties beyond their legitimate earnings.

More troubles for Uzodinma Meanwhile, the Okoi Obono-Obla led panel on the recovery of Federal Government assets yesterday said that it had given Uzodinma till 8.00 p.m. to report after the bail granted him by the panel.

Obla-Obono added that the federal government is also investigating an unnamed top politician for running twenty companies in a European tax haven so as to evade tax payment to Nigeria.

Obono-Obla corruption started in the early 1980s.

Okoi Obono-Obla, Chairman, Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property, has denied reports that he was under pressure to resign, saying the “purported report is false, baseless and wicked”.

Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Public Prosecution, Obono-Obla had revealed over the weekend that Akpabio will defect from the PDP to APC.

The source revealed that the WAEC certificate does not belong to Obla.

The Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla has threatened to slam a NGN5 billion suit on the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu for defamatory statements.