Former Senate Leader and ex-Chairman, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has said that the recent onslaught on his abode in Calabar, Cross River State, was well planned by the perpetrators and those that may have prompted them.
Ndoma-Egba, who spoke through a statement, lamented that despite assurances given by the security agencies that his house would be secured, there was no evidence of any security officer in the vicinity when the hoodlums carried out their nefarious operation for over four hours.
“At about 2.am (local time, as I was abroad) on Saturday 24th October, 2020, I received a text informing me that there were plans by arranged hoodlums to attack my residence in Calabar, that of Senator Gershom Bassey and a hotel owned by Senator John Owan Enoh.
“I promptly forwarded the texts to Senators Bassey and Owan Enoh. I also called the security agencies in Calabar to apprise them of the information.
“At about 2.pm the intruders broke into my house and looted it to the ground, leaving only the bare floor. All the toilets, baths, pumps and indeed every imaginable fitting were removed as were items of furniture, clothing, a huge collection of mainly rare, out of print books, documents and historic photographs.
“They also removed all the windows, railings, family pictures and burglary proofs. Even my private chapel was not spared. They set the cars ablaze and parts of the building after more than four hours of uninterrupted operations in my house. It was methodical.
“Among the intruders were obviously electricians, plumbers, carpenters, motor mechanics, panel beaters and other tradesmen. Mercifully, no life was lost. I started building the house in 1991 and moved in in January, 2009,” the ex-Senate Leader said.
He added: “If the attack is meant to deter me from speaking out on issues of principle or dampen my spirit in any way, I have bad news. It will rather spur me further to speak on justice, rectitude and accountability, especially, in the public space.
“I had committed myself to the service of the public and so shall it be.”
