Awka – The Anambra Commissioner for
Special Duties, Mr Vincent Ezenwajiaku,
said he refused to honour the invitation of
the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of Nigeria
Police for fear of being tortured.
Ezenwajiaku was accused of defrauding a
company, Bio Plastic Manufacturing Ltd of
N10 million by the owner, Mr Chuks
Mgbemena.
The SFU of Nigerian Police in Lagos
declared him wanted on Sept.18 for
refusing to honour its invitation.
The commissioner told newsmen in Awka
on Monday that the fraud unit and the
complainant, Mgbemena, were not after the
money owed them.
“They want to arrest, detain and torture me
and if possible maim me for life as a way of
humiliating me,” he alleged.
He reiterated that there was no truth in the
report that he defrauded Mgbemena using
an inexistent company.
The commissioner said Mgbemena ran the
necessary checks on the company and
found it to be duly registered before
making the payment of a total sum of N8.2
million.
“The amount was for the acquisition of 34
per cent share in the company which he
paid within three years.
“The allegation against me that I duped him
with an inexistent company is not true.
“It is sheer fabrication and falsehood. The
company is duly registered with the
Corporate Affairs Commission with
registration number RC 278625 by a law
firm A.C. Ezenduka and Co. in 1995.
“The certificate of incorporation is there
and the law firm is still in existence till
date.
“We ran two bank accounts; Equity Bank
and Diamond Bank, and you know that
there is no way you can open a corporate
account without your company being
incorporated.
“The company, Bio Plastic Manufacturing
Limited, while it existed was also a member
of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria
(MAN).
“I had mandated him to choose someone to
be his eye in the company and he chose
his elder brother Mr Mike Mgbemena who
then became the General Manager and
received salaries.
“How can he claim that I duped him with
an inexistent company when it was he who
came to me and begged me to purchase
shares in my company,” Ezenwajiaku asked.
The commissioner said that he had
instituted a libel suit against the SFU and
Mgbemena demanding for N250million for
alleged defamation of his character.
He thanked Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra for
seeing the matter as a deliberate act to
tarnish his reputation, maintaining that the
matter was politically motivated.
“It is a case of hatred. How can they
declare me wanted when they know how to
get to me?
“They are out to arrest, detain and torture
me; that was why I went to court,’’ he said.
Ezenwajiaku, had, however, maintained that
he only owed N6.5 million.
It would be recalled that Ezenwajiaku was
appointed commissioner in June 2012.
Special Duties, Mr Vincent Ezenwajiaku,
said he refused to honour the invitation of
the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of Nigeria
Police for fear of being tortured.
Ezenwajiaku was accused of defrauding a
company, Bio Plastic Manufacturing Ltd of
N10 million by the owner, Mr Chuks
Mgbemena.
The SFU of Nigerian Police in Lagos
declared him wanted on Sept.18 for
refusing to honour its invitation.
The commissioner told newsmen in Awka
on Monday that the fraud unit and the
complainant, Mgbemena, were not after the
money owed them.
“They want to arrest, detain and torture me
and if possible maim me for life as a way of
humiliating me,” he alleged.
He reiterated that there was no truth in the
report that he defrauded Mgbemena using
an inexistent company.
The commissioner said Mgbemena ran the
necessary checks on the company and
found it to be duly registered before
making the payment of a total sum of N8.2
million.
“The amount was for the acquisition of 34
per cent share in the company which he
paid within three years.
“The allegation against me that I duped him
with an inexistent company is not true.
“It is sheer fabrication and falsehood. The
company is duly registered with the
Corporate Affairs Commission with
registration number RC 278625 by a law
firm A.C. Ezenduka and Co. in 1995.
“The certificate of incorporation is there
and the law firm is still in existence till
date.
“We ran two bank accounts; Equity Bank
and Diamond Bank, and you know that
there is no way you can open a corporate
account without your company being
incorporated.
“The company, Bio Plastic Manufacturing
Limited, while it existed was also a member
of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria
(MAN).
“I had mandated him to choose someone to
be his eye in the company and he chose
his elder brother Mr Mike Mgbemena who
then became the General Manager and
received salaries.
“How can he claim that I duped him with
an inexistent company when it was he who
came to me and begged me to purchase
shares in my company,” Ezenwajiaku asked.
The commissioner said that he had
instituted a libel suit against the SFU and
Mgbemena demanding for N250million for
alleged defamation of his character.
He thanked Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra for
seeing the matter as a deliberate act to
tarnish his reputation, maintaining that the
matter was politically motivated.
“It is a case of hatred. How can they
declare me wanted when they know how to
get to me?
“They are out to arrest, detain and torture
me; that was why I went to court,’’ he said.
Ezenwajiaku, had, however, maintained that
he only owed N6.5 million.
It would be recalled that Ezenwajiaku was
appointed commissioner in June 2012.
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