Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Azibaola Robert, has sought the intervention of the House of Representatives over his alleged detention without charge by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Robert’s family, in a petition to the leadership of the House, is seeking for justice in the violation of his fundamental human rights.
The petition alleged that the arrest and detention of Robert was part of a larger plot by the anti -graft agency to implicate the former President.
While faulting the allegations against Robert, the family claimed that he carried out a job for the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) that was still indebted to his company.
The petition reads in part: “Mr. Azibaola Robert is the Managing Director of ‘Kakatar Engineering and Construction Company Limited’ and its sister company, ‘One Plus Holdings Limited’. He is a cousin to former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, and a law abiding and peace loving Nigeria.
“Recently, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested the said Mr. Azibaola Robert over allegations of a $40 million contract which the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) awarded to ‘One Plus Holdings Limited’ for the surveillance and security of oil pipelines across the Niger Delta.
“The ONSA is at present indebted to the company (One Plus Holdings Limited) to about $4 million, being final payment for the said surveillance/oil pipeline security contract.
“Mr. Azibaola Robert was arrested and taken into EFCC custody on 23rd March, 2016 and has since spent over a month in EFCC detention, without any formal charge brought against him. Preceding his arrest, however was a raid on his house by scores of heavily armed mobile policemen who in the process subjected his wife and young children to the most dehumanizing and traumatic ordeal.”
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