Much is not yet heard of a top Commissioner in Governor Martin Elechi’s cabinet who allegedly lost a whopping sum of $4million US dollars in a soak away pit.
It was gathered that the Commissioner who belongs to the strong cabals in Elechi’s government got more than he bargained when the $4 million dollars he wrapped in a black cellophane back and hid inside the soak away pit got immersed in excrete water and got spoilt.
However, the Commissioner name withheld who is also a kinsman to Governor Elechi is said to be recuperating in an undisclosed hospital after the shock he got when it became obvious he had lost the money.
Trouble was said to have started when the local laborers and plumbers recruited by the Ikwo Commissioner to clear his soak away pit discovered the black cellophane bag hidden inside the pit and opened it only to see some remnant of the already soaked US Dollars and when they disclosed it to their master, he fainted.
Thank God for the prompt intervention of the plumbers who swung into action by pouring water on the Commissioner to revive him before his driver came and rushed him to the hospital.
As at the time of filling this report, the Commissioner was said to be unconscious, he merely identifies people including his family members and he could not talk but by demonstration.
Though the news had been broken to Governor Elechi, the messengers told the Governor that his kinsman fell sick without disclosing the cause of his sickness. Meanwhile efforts are on top gear to fly the Commissioner abroad for further treatment before he develops stroke.
Keep a date with us as we are going to unveil the full details and identity of the unfortunate Commissioner who like the proverbial “Okpaku Eri eri” that lost all he laboured for to termites.
