No court gave warrant for my arrest – Senator Nwaoboshi

The Senator in his reaction through his counsel, Barrister Muhammad Sani Katu said, the media report was totally false and written in bad faith to smear his image. According to Senator Nwaoboshi’s counsel, “The attention of Distinguished Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, the senator reprepresenting Delta North in the National Assembly, has been drawn to media reports that the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property has secured a court order for his arrest. “The purported order for the arrest of the senator according to the reports was for his alleged involvement in criminal conspiracy, diversion of public funds and official corruption. “In the unbalanced and biased media report, the authors claimed that the order for the arrest of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, dated September 18, 2018 was issued by a Wuse Zone 2 Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, and signed by one Akanni Olaide, the Chief District Judge II, Federal Capital Territory. “The truth of the matter is that, the report was totally false, even on the face value. It cannot pass any logic to be believed, as it was written in bad faith to smear the image of the Distinguished Senator. “We want the general public to know that no such order for the arrest of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi was given by the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property on the said date. “For the records, the panel had on the 7th day of September invited Senator Nwaoboshi to appear before it on September 17, 2018 to answer some questions over a petition written against him on alleged corruption and abuse of office. “Having received the letter, Senator Nwaoboshi being a law abiding citizen Nigeria, through his lawyers, wrote to the Panel, requesting for a new date due to unavoidable circumstances. In his letter, he agreed to appear before the panel on September 27, 2018, a copy of which was signed and acknowledged by the panel. “Surprisingly, the Senator was amazed and shocked to read in the national dailies and social media about the order for his arrest by the court over his failure to honour the invitation by the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property. “It is instructive to note that Senator Nwaoboshi is a distinguished Nigerian who by every standard respects constituted authorities. And as such, there is no reason for him not to honour an invitation extended to him from a legally constituted body such as the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property or other relevant government agencies. “More so that the senator is on administrative bail granted him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on the same subject matter. “The mischief from the story is therefore very obvious, for all men and women of goodwill to see. This is just a calculated attempt by some mischief makers to tarnish the rising profile of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi. “Against the backdrop of all these, we challenge the originators of the story and their sponsors to stop smearing the image of the Senator and rather wait for the outcome of the meeting between him and the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property.” The statement read.]]>