Saturday PUNCH also reported exclusively that the ICPC spokesperson, Rasheedat Okoduwa, on Friday, said the wanted order on Obono-Obla had yet to be lifted. On August 15, 2019, the commission said it invited Obono-Obla for questioning after his removal from office on August 14, 2019. The statement said there was evidence that Obono-Obla left Nigeria on August 17, 2019, through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, and had not returned since. In an excerpt from an interview Obono-Obla granted a news medium, which he posted on his Facebook page on Monday, the former SPIP boss said he committed no offence that would warrant his being declared wanted by the ICPC. In the interview, Obono-Obla said, “I challenge the ICPC to bring forth the evidence against me.

Source: Punch December 31, 2019 01:41 UTC