Kinsmen and relations of the detained oil mogul, Dr Ifeanyi Ubah has criticized the Federal Government (FG) and its agencies over the recent arrest and detention of the oil magnet.
Also a non-governmental organization under the aegis of the Anambra Peoples’ Movement (APM) have expressed displeasure over the business man’s arrest for “trumped-up charges”.
The two groups who spoke bitterly at a press conference early yesterday at Nnewi said they were dismayed the FG appeared to be working hands-in-glove with those bent on destroying the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the memory of the late supreme leader of the party, Ezeigbo, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.
Addressing journalists, the spokesman of the combined groups, Chief Temepest Udeze noted that they have “observed with keen interest in the last few days the circumstances leading to the dramatic incarceration of Chief Ifeanyi Ubah over some trumped up charges bothering on financial misconduct”.
He pointed out that his arrest and prosecution has indeed raised more questions than answers, wondering why Ubah was singled out among all indicted subsidy defaulters.
The group described Capital Oil and Gas Ltd as a duly established corporate entity that has legal rights to sue and be sued, a maxim which the security agencies were expected to pursue.
Pointing out that the organization was against any form of fraud whatsoever, he said, “we wish to state in very clear language that selective justice is no justice at all. Such is unconstitutional, unfair and unacceptable to all good conscience.
“If the Federal Government as it were is sincere in its motive, they should go for the main culprits that are well known to all as earlier published. Or is it true they have paid their ways out as usual, and set the attack dogs after a young Nigerian who dared into/do well in a sector that had remained exclusive preserve of some pseudo gods.”
Ubah according to the group employs thousands of citizens under his conglomerate; more than 5,000 beneficiaries in his scholarship scheme; more than 2million widows in his multi-faceted poverty alleviation scheme, while more than 20million Nigerian homes have benefited from his unique and ever popular Kero-Direct scheme nationwide”.
They admitted that his problems were more political than economic, warned those they saw as the enemies of Ndigbo to retrace their steps now in the interest of peace and good neighborliness.
That as a popular movement driven by Anambra People, APM on behalf of the people wish to warn that the person who shall occupy the Awka Government House come March 17, 2014 will never be imposed on us from Abuja, Lagos or by any cabal, but must be a popularly elected candidate of the people.
It was also revealed that a peace meeting has been fixed between Ubah and Dr Cosmas Maduka, the chief Executive of the Coscharis Group who was named among those he was having issues with.
