Heavily armed operatives of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arrested the Chairman/Managing
Director of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM), Chief Innocent Chukwuma, in
Enugu.
Operatives of the anti-graft agency and armed
policemen stormed the residence of the IVM owner located at Savage Crescent,
GRA, Enugu, at 7.30a.m. to arrest him.
There was however initial resistance by security
men at his residence as they refused the EFCC operatives entrance resulting in
the firing of teargas canisters by the policemen accompanying the EFCC agents.
They equally cordoned off all the exit routes from
the residence resulting in an initial gridlock as most people who were involved
in early morning activities experienced serious delays.
The operatives later succeeded in gaining access to
the building after over-powering his security men and eventually took him away.
It was later revealed that Chukwuma was
taken to the EFCC zonal office at Independence Layout, Enugu, for some
documentation before whisking him away to its Lagos office.
When contacted, the agency's Head of Public Affairs
in the Southeast, Chris Oluka, said the zone was unaware of why he was
arrested.
He said those who carried out the operation came
from the agency's Lagos office and as such, were in a better position to give
details of why he was arrested.
Oluka refused to provide any further details. IVM had earlier in the month unveiled four new brands
of his company’s vehicles-IVM G80, IVM 40, IVM 20 and IVM Granitein.
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