detained the chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC Imo state
chapter, Hilary Ekeh in Owerri.
Trumpeta had reported last Thursday that the said Ekeh is in trouble
and may be wanted by police in connection with advertorial he authored
claiming that a Calabar High Court had allegedly delivered judgement
against Eze Cletus Ilomuanya in 2006. Following APC state chairman's
claims, Ilomuanya's counsel petitioned the Inspector General of Police
to investigate and source how he obtained the purported judgement.
Trumpeta on Wednesday morning observed a minor scene at the entrance
of Concorde Hotel, Owerri when plain-clothed operatives suspected to
be from Abuja sneaked into the state to pick Eke. After laying ambush
for the APC chairman, Eke was trapped in Concorde Hotel when he
attempted to leave after a meeting.
At the gate, the operatives requested his attention and placed him
under arrest immediately. Passersby, especially APC sympathizers and
apologists off the state government made spirited efforts to have him
of the hook but the policemen refused, but insisted he was under
arrest and must join them to Abuja where the petition was sent to.
Efforts by Trumpeta correspondent who monitored the development to
join the police to their next destination was unsuccessful. But the
newspaper learnt that Eke was taken to the criminal Investigation
Bureau of the state police command where the policemen had initially
reported for necessary documentation before transferring the
politician to Abuja for further investigation.
As at the time of going to press, it was not ascertained if they
eventually made the trip to Abuja. Correspondent reliably learnt Eke
was detained. Calls put across to the State Police Command spokesman
Andrew Enwerre, a DSP was not through.
However, uncomfirmed reports have it that the APC chairman may been
granted bail later because of his position and asked to report on
September 15, 2014 to produce true certified copy of the said Calabar
Court judgement he told the policemen was in public domain when asked
to make statement how he procured the document
In a petition signed by O.A. Obinwe SAN, Ilomuanya's counsel, dated
19th August 2014 and addressed to the Inspector General of Police, Eze
Ilomuanya asked for investigation of the APC state chairman, Eke over
alleged forgery and uttering-criminal defamation.
"The subject of this petition Dr Hilary Eke, took out two
advertisements in the "Daily Sun" Newspaper of Friday August 15, 2014
at page 60 and This Day Newspaper of Sunday August 17, 2014 at page
101 respectively where he made grave, malicious, and unfounded
allegations against our client. One of the documents relied upon in
the publication is a purported "judgment extracts" of the High Court
of Cross-Rivers State allegedly delivered on 13th August 1990 (please
see both publications) marked ANNEXURES A and B.
"It is our instruction that the alleged "judgement extracts" is a
forgery by Dr Hilary Eke and his confederates for the sole purpose of
tarnishing the reputation of our client.
We therefore call on you to order for an investigations into the
alleged "judgement extracts" which is the product of a heinous
criminal act with the view to bringing the gentlemen in question to
justice", the petition added.
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