A
29-YEAR-OLD graduate of Mechanical Engineering, Adelola Tamunotonye Olaore, has
been paraded by the State Security Service (SSS) for alleged impersonation and
attempt to obtain money by fraudulent means.
SSS
spokesperson Ms. Marilyn Ogar alleged the suspect approached Senator Aloysius
Etok and told him that he had information about a plot by Akwa Ibom State
Governor Godswill Akpabio to assassinate the senator.
According
to the SSS, Etok played along with the suspect and encouraged him to come to
Abuja from his base in Port Harourt,Rivers State.
Having
informed the SSS about the plot, the Senator lodged the suspect in one of the
high-brow hotels in Abuja where he was arrested by security operatives after
his interaction with the senator.
Ogar
said: “The suspect introduced himself to the senator as General Africa, an
ex-militant from Bayelsa State. He then told the senator that he had been
contracted by three of governor Akpabio’s loyalists to assassinate him.
“In
order to convince the senator, he offered to furnish him with details of the
governor’s purported bank account and energy company in South Africa. That he
offered to broker peace between the senator and the governor, which the senator
accepted.”
Olaore,
however, denied telling the senator about any assassination plot against him.
He admitted that he had lied to the senator about having the right connections
to broker peace between him and the governor.
He
said: “The truth is that I lied to the senator that I am highly connected
enough to arrange for the governor and the senator to settle their differences.
“I got
the senator’s telephone number when I went to the Port Harcourt office of the
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) sometime in January.
“I
stumbled on his complimentary card in one of the NDDC offices when I went there
to submit a mail. But when I learnt about the rift between him and the
governor, I decided to approach the senator with the aim of obtaining some
money from him.
“All I
needed was about N300, 000 to pursue my master’s degree programme and I thought
I could get it from the senator by lying to him about myself and my mission.
“I
never told the senator that I had information on anyone trying to assassinate
him. I only lied to obtain money from him by pretending to be what I am not and
I regret my action”.
Akpabio
and Etok have been at each other’s throat over the Ikot Ekpene senatorial seat
ahead of 2015. Etok currently occupies the office. Akpabio is eyeing the seat.
The
senator yesterday told reporters on the telephone that he was at a function and
that it was not convenient for him to speak on the matter.
The SSS
said the suspect will soon be charged to court
Source: The Nation
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