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70 Year Old Man Accused Rivers State Assembly Member Of Demolishing His Building

 



A seventy year old man, Mr.Sylvester Azubuike from Ozuzu in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State has petitioned the Commissioner of Police, Mr.Eboka Friday on issues bordering on malicious damage of his house at Ozuzu by the member representing Etche constituent in the Rivers State House of Assembly by Mr.Nnana Opurum.


Mr. Azubuike in an interview with Newsmen after writing his statement at Criminal Investigation Bureau ,CIB; unit at Police headquarters where the case was minutes to by the Rivers State Police command,said in 2018 the house of Assembly Member brought in bulldozer in a bid to construct a market and the bulldozer destroyed part of his house .

The seventy year old man explained that he reached out to Mr.Opurum through the supervisor at the site and the lawmaker offered to give him, twenty thousand naira which he rejected.


He explained that he sent the Youth president of Ozuzu clan and one another person at different times to Mr. Opurum who allegedly promised to remedy the situation but the lawmaker  failed on the initial agreement.

Efforts to reach the lawmaker prove aborted as several calls to his lines were not responded to.

Meanwhile, Police Public Relations Officer Mrs Grace Iringe-Koko who confirmed the incident said investigation is ongoing.


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