WATCH THE VIDEO HERE The governor of Ebonyi State Mr. Francis Nwifuru, has arrested six commissioners over alleged involvement in breach of a contract for the construction of 140 housing units for Izzo and Amaze communities displaced by inter-communal clashes. Both the supervising Commissioners and contractors News Band understand, were declared wanted by the State Government, hence the arrest. The arrested commissioners include Professor Omari Omaka (Tertiary Education), Victor Chukwu (Environment), and Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr Ifeanyi Ogbuewu.Others are: Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Uchenna Igwe, the Commissioner for Health, Moses Ekuma, Commissioner for Project Monitoring, Felix Igboke and the Chairman of Afikpo Local Government Area, Mr Timothy Nwachi. The governor spoke to newsmen in Abakaliki through the Chairman of State Executive Council Committee on Izzo and Amaze Housing Project, Ilang Donatus, shortly after the arrest of the commissioners on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. He said the government felt that the affected commissioners and contractors have breached the terms and conditions of the contract given to them by the state government.Donatus said, “The Governor is not happy over the pace of the work which is ought to have been completed, the Government has decided to clamp down on the contractors and commissioners who were mandated to supervise those projects.” “As you can see, our Governor is a man with a passionate heart, he likes giving succour, hence the building of those houses for the victims of the communal crisis. He is not happy that the project is delayed and has ordered the arrest of all the commissioners who were supposed to ensure the speedy completion of the housing units,” he stated. Also speaking, the Special Assistant to the Governor on Women Mobilisation, Ebonyi Central, Mrs Maria Okohu, who is member of the Executive Council Committee, said that the non-completion of those projects by the contractor and the failure of some of the commissioner to strictly supervise them as directed by the Government is act of sabotage. The governor, through the Committee, insisted that the arrest will continue until all the commissioners and contractors involved are brought to book and as well do the needful.
Governor Sacks, Arrest 6 Commissioner Over Alleged Sabotage
