Ex-VP Sambo : My house has been searched four times in six months

Former vice-president Namadi Sambo says the security
operatives who raided his home at 1, Alimi road, GRA, Kaduna are
desperate and are on a “fault-finding mission”.

He also said his house has been searched four times “in six
months”.

On Wednesday, heavily armed operatives of the Independent
Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)
raided the residence and did not find anything incriminating.

But in a statement on Saturday, Umar Sani, media aide to Sambo,
noted that the recent raid was the fourth in six months.

Sani said the visit of the operatives was unscheduled and the
reasons of the search were not “specifically stated.”

He said that at the rate at which the ICPC operatives were
going, it would not be surprising to find an object planted at the
former vice-president’s home to incriminate him.

“As a law-abiding citizen, the former vice-president did not
raise any alarm in the previous invasions in view of the fact that
he has nothing to hide,” the statement by Sambo’s aide read.

“The recent desperation exhibited by some security agencies in
carrying out a raid on an unoccupied residence blocking all entry
and exit points, in a commando-style and coming along with a
bullion van speaks volumes of the clandestine intention of the
security operatives.

“It is therefore worrisome to note that the consistency with
which the searches occurred and the intervals between them portrays
a desire of a fault-finding mission. We are apprehensive that a
repeat of such episode will not be surprising if an incriminating
object is planted in his residence in order to wilfully and
deliberately incriminate him.

“It is against this background that we wish to draw the
attention of the unsuspecting members of the public to this
phenomenon.

“The desperation of some of the security agencies is glaring by
the number of times such searches were conducted and still
counting. We hope it is not a way to try to give a dog a bad name
in order to hang it.”

Sambo recently visited Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on a
“courtesy call”.

Former vice-president Namadi Sambo says the security
operatives who raided his home at 1, Alimi road, GRA, Kaduna are
desperate and are on a “fault-finding mission”.

He also said his house has been searched four times “in six
months”.

On Wednesday, heavily armed operatives of the Independent
Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)
raided the residence and did not find anything incriminating.

But in a statement on Saturday, Umar Sani, media aide to Sambo,
noted that the recent raid was the fourth in six months.

Sani said the visit of the operatives was unscheduled and the
reasons of the search were not “specifically stated.”

He said that at the rate at which the ICPC operatives were
going, it would not be surprising to find an object planted at the
former vice-president’s home to incriminate him.

“As a law-abiding citizen, the former vice-president did not
raise any alarm in the previous invasions in view of the fact that
he has nothing to hide,” the statement by Sambo’s aide read.

“The recent desperation exhibited by some security agencies in
carrying out a raid on an unoccupied residence blocking all entry
and exit points, in a commando-style and coming along with a
bullion van speaks volumes of the clandestine intention of the
security operatives.

“It is therefore worrisome to note that the consistency with
which the searches occurred and the intervals between them portrays
a desire of a fault-finding mission. We are apprehensive that a
repeat of such episode will not be surprising if an incriminating
object is planted in his residence in order to wilfully and
deliberately incriminate him.

“It is against this background that we wish to draw the
attention of the unsuspecting members of the public to this
phenomenon.

“The desperation of some of the security agencies is glaring by
the number of times such searches were conducted and still
counting. We hope it is not a way to try to give a dog a bad name
in order to hang it.”

Sambo recently visited Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on a
“courtesy call”.