Chai! Na serious gbege dey happen for Ozekhome side o! This one no be small matter again. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) don file criminal charges against am, becos of wahala wey concern London property. E don turn public case like movie wey dey entertain us.
According to di charge wey dem file, Ozekhome dey face three counts of fraud and forgery wey go make anybody shiver. The Head of ICPC’s High Profile Prosecution Department, Osuobeni Akponimisingha, na im carry di case enter Federal High Court for Abuja. Dem say Ozekhome conspire with some corrupt official for Nigeria to collect fake identity documents just to claim say e get property for 79 Randall Avenue for London. Na wetin we go call ‘yahoo-yahoo’ for property side.
Di charges wey dem lay on Ozekhome no be beans o! Na serious matter wey involve plenty documents and even one judgement wey come from London court wey talk say Ozekhome dey involved for di fraudulent saga. For instance, di first charge say e collect house wey dem say na gift from one Mr Shani Tali in August 2021. Wetin dis guy dey chop wey e no go run from dem?
Count two talk say Ozekhome involve for making false Nigerian passport bear di name of Mr Shani Tali. How person go get mind to carry fake documents as lawyer for this kain serious matter? Di law no dey smile at all o. Count three even suppose make am sweat, because dem talk say e use di same fake passport to support im ownership claim for di London property, knowing say di document no be correct. Na by force to claim property?
Di ICPC collect plenty evidence, wey include di London tribunal judgment, extra-judicial statement wey Ozekhome talk on January 12, and other letters wey dem dey follow since. More witnesses dey ready to testify against am, including some ICPC investigators. E be like say Ozekhome no dey find am funny, as things don dey hot!
As di gist dey go, Ozekhome don come out to clear im name, say e no even receive any court document. E claim say all dis matter na media trial wey dey try turn public opinion against am. E dey reason say, ‘No man be God, and my God slumbereth not’ – believe am if you wan! Omo, this matter don enter every corner for town, and everybody dey watch as the story dey unfold!
Na wetin we go do na to follow this case sharp sharp, because e fit change di koko for how we go dey look people for di law side. And for the Nigerian public, this na another reminder say wahala don dey everywhere, and nobody dey safe from di reach of di law when things begin turn upside down. So, we go dey monitor am as e dey happen!
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