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EFCC Killed My Husband In Custody – Wife Of Civil Servant Cries Out (PICTURED)

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The wife of the chief protocol officer of the minister of state for defence, Desmond Nunugwo who died mysteriously in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in June 2016 is seeking for answers to his husband’s death.

The widow of the late civil servant, Susanne Nunugwo raised the alarm about the death of her husband in EFCC’s net and questioned the circumstances surrounding his arrest and his passing in an interview with Punch.

The late Desmond Nunugwo
The late Desmond Nunugwo

“Around 3pm on June 9, my husband had gone to pick up our son from school and they both returned home. He later went out. Around 6pm, I called his line and it rang once. I tried his number several times later, but it was off.

“The next morning, I got apprehensive when he didn’t come home. However, around 3.48pm, someone called me with his phone and said my husband was in the EFCC’s custody and I should come to bail him,” Mrs. Nunugwo told Punch.

“The EFCC called me to their office to come and bail my husband while he was already at the mortuary.

“I later received a phone call from a former colleague of mine that he had read the news online that my husband was arrested for fraud and he had died,” she said.

The widow said she was informed that her husband’s arrest was sequel to a petition written by one Uloma, his business associate.

“She (Uloma) told the EFCC that she met my husband on a flight in 2012 when he was on his way to the US where I went to give birth. She said my husband introduced her to a third party with whom she did a N91m transaction.”

But EFCC have accused the late Nunugwo allegedly fraudulently obtained N91 million from an acquaintance after he tricked her into believing that he had high net worth business associates in Dubai.

The EFCC did not disclose in its press statement announcing his death on June 10, 2016 that he was a civil servant, the statement identified him as a “businessman”.

“After the transfer of the funds, he became evasive forcing the complainant to report to the EFCC.

Consequently, he was arrested in Utako, Abuja, at about 5.33pm on Thursday, June 9, 2016.

“He admitted to receiving the money from the complainant, with the additional information that he transferred N30 million of the said money to Norway. But he could not explain the whereabouts of the balance of N61m.

“The suspect was detained at about 7.30pm, in the absence of anybody to take him on bail. Six hours later, he suddenly complained of discomfort and was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.”

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