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Ifeanyi Ubah Committed Economic Sabotage Punishable By Death – DSS
Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Jabi, will today, rule on an application challenging the continued detention of the Chief Executive Officer of Capital Oil and Gas Ltd, Ifeanyi Ubah, by the Department of State Service, DSS.
Justice Halilu adjourned ruling on the application, on a day the security agency, alleged that Ubah committed an economic sabotage punishable by death.
It told the court that the detained oil mogul was illegally divered about 84 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (commonly called petrol), that was kept in his custody by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.
The DSS, in a counter-affidavit deposed by one of its operatives, Mr. Safwan Bello, told the court that the PMS Ubah diverted was valued at N11billion.
It stated that several effort by the NNPC to recover the PMS it kept in Ubah’s tank farm failed as the applicant had converted it to his personal use.
The agency maintained that Ubah’s action was capable of causing artificial scarcity of the product thus plunging the country not only into widespread scarcity of PMS but also in economic chaos.
According to the DSS, “The respondent (Ubah) was arrested on reasonable suspicion of his involvement in the commission of crime.
“The respondent refused to return the PMS to NNPC after repeated demands.
The PMS is worth over N11bn. The action of the respondent is affecting the distribution of petroleum products to the populace.
“The action of the respondent is sabotage of NNPC’s activities as it relates to distribution of petroleum products.
If not for the urgent steps taken by the Federal Government, the action of the respondent would have plunged the country into widespread scarcity with its attendant effect on the economy”.
However, Ubah’s lawyer, Ifeoma Esom, has accused the DSS of surreptitiously securing an order to detain her client.
Esom alleged that the agency suppressed material facts when on May 10, it persuaded the court to allow it to hold Ubah in its custody for 14 days.
In an application anchored on section 298(2) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015, Ubah, told the court that “Capital Oil and Gas Ltd (COG) of which the respondent is the CEO has always been one of NNPC’s largest Throughput providers and this is evidenced by Throughput agreements entered into between NNPC subsidiaries and COG over the years.
“These Throughput agreements, in accordance with the norms and practice in the industry worldwide, allow conversion and diversion of IT products by the ‘Operator’ so long as the Operator is prepared to re-deliver the products (in terms of the current contract) within 7 days of demand by the products owner or to pay a penalty for non re-delivery.
“The penalty to re-deliver is expressly stated by the Contract to be a mere breach of contract remediable by the payment of penalty to the owner.
The penalty is comprised of the cost of delivery of the products to the Operator’s tank farm with interest at Nibor+1.
“There can therefore be no issue of crime in conversion or diversion of products under a throughput contract (regardless of the ordinary connotations of those words).”
She revealed that the DSS earlier arrested Ubah at his house in Lagos on March 24 and kept him in its custody until April 14 when he was temporarily and conditionally released after he had been coerced into making payment of N2billion and executing various documents in favour of NNPC and AMCON.
Esom told the court that when Ubah returnes to his home in Lagos, in fear for his life and liberty should he renew his claims that he is not indebted to either NNPC Retail Ltd or AMCON as he had maintained before his incarceration, instructed his counsel to file an application for the enforcement of his fundamental rights.
“Notwithstanding the pendency of the suit and the service of the originating processes, the SSS again invited the Respondent to report to its offices in respect of the same allegations made by the NNPC and AMCON which is the subject matter of the suit.
“On the 5th of May 2017, the SSS arrested the respondent in Lagos and moved him to their Abuja office”.
Bonny Bonny
May 28, 2017 at 9:38 am
Story..
Okpeke Martins
May 26, 2017 at 9:12 am
That is going to be the end of nigeria , if they do that. That man is taking too much. We are going to deal with him, if he did not take his time.
Ik-best Ubaego Ubah
May 25, 2017 at 6:18 am
Try it and see hell,,,,,,the whole northerners will see that 1967 is different from 2017,,,,,the war took 3years but for your information nothing should by any means touch Dr Ifeanyi Ubah or what you are about to cause will diminish the whole northerners within a period of one month….. This is not proud,,,,but what I know that it will happen…… I repeat nothing should by any means happen to Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah or else………
Ifeanyi Ughamadu
May 25, 2017 at 5:51 am
DSS has no power to make such pronouncement.let them allow the courts to do their work.Ifeanyi Uba is assumed innocent until the courts prove otherwise.
Ikenna Anene
May 25, 2017 at 5:16 am
WHAT DID SANUSI COMMIT
Maximum David
May 24, 2017 at 10:43 pm
Biafra is the only way out
Kenneth Uchechukwu
May 24, 2017 at 10:24 pm
Touch him then we will know who have been commiting economic sabotage
Prince Ossai
May 24, 2017 at 10:14 pm
carry d man court
Udeze Francis
May 24, 2017 at 9:39 pm
Dss or whatever you call your selves. Please pay ifeanyi ubah his money!. He is only a business man and doesn’t need your delays.
Udeze Francis
May 24, 2017 at 9:37 pm
Dss or whatever you call your rseleve
Ugwu Chibuzor
May 24, 2017 at 9:35 pm
Buhari hand work
Abaleke Ofoma
May 24, 2017 at 9:33 pm
Bunch of Illiterates posing as intelligence officers. This country have really gone down beyond repair.
Nduwise Okwuosa
May 24, 2017 at 9:20 pm
Hmmm, Let nothing happen to him
Ugwu Chibuzor
May 24, 2017 at 8:51 pm
Let nothing happen to him
Chi Cheta
May 24, 2017 at 8:09 pm
God punish the devil
Chiedozie Ositadinma
May 24, 2017 at 8:05 pm
Welcome to the country where mediocrity reigns! Welcome to Nigeria, the land of absurdities!!
Ezennaya Henry
May 24, 2017 at 7:55 pm
Dss no dey take ear hear Igbo person name. Shame On dss
Paul Majah
May 24, 2017 at 7:05 pm
Let nothing happen to him oo
Solomon Smart
May 24, 2017 at 6:54 pm
Hmmm story
Duru Ogbonna Baruk
May 24, 2017 at 6:43 pm
This man cannot write his name
Ezennaya Henry
May 24, 2017 at 7:53 pm
Shame On you.
Joe Enyeri
May 24, 2017 at 9:07 pm
but he can feed ur generation to come
Cigomet Trump Bullet
May 24, 2017 at 6:23 pm
Tell them they are joking at DSS
Cooleo Ahans
May 24, 2017 at 5:45 pm
What of boko haram killers? Why is d Dss ran away from Court trial, 2 Good times? A contempt of court. Nnamdi kanu said it b4. Nigeria don’t obey Court orders. Why not take him to court until u found him guilty?
Chukwu Christy
May 24, 2017 at 5:12 pm
Crazy people
Kenechukwu I. Owo
May 24, 2017 at 4:43 pm
Laughable
McChuqs Kings
May 24, 2017 at 4:40 pm
Has DSS now turn into EFCC or court that condemns people to death? So pathetic…NIGERIA.
Kamsi Kelvin Arinze
May 24, 2017 at 4:32 pm
SAys who, fuck Nigeria Government
Kingsley Chichi
May 24, 2017 at 3:56 pm
Try it and see fire,God punish you abokis,
Sam Udoh
May 24, 2017 at 3:31 pm
Mumu
Okebe Collins Kalu
May 24, 2017 at 3:15 pm
Go ahead and kill him den
Onwuanyi Chukwujekwu Celestine
May 24, 2017 at 2:56 pm
Nnamdi kanu said it very long ago, only Biafra can save us, this zoo called Nigeria is not favourable to we igbos
Uche Innocen Uche
May 24, 2017 at 2:55 pm
Just because he’s an Igbo man?
Michael Ekele
May 24, 2017 at 2:11 pm
hope Mr. Ubah eyes will open
Remigius Ezeh
May 24, 2017 at 2:10 pm
Ifeanyi uba u are innocent
Godsown Emeka
May 24, 2017 at 1:52 pm
From which court or just allegations
Christopher Ochini
May 24, 2017 at 1:45 pm
Really?
Agwubilo Chile
May 24, 2017 at 1:37 pm
Are you court ? Dss have no right to call anybody criminal. Except when the person have been tried and found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction. All these their media trial doesn’t work. It is high time they change their method.
Malachi Chibuzo Godfirst
May 24, 2017 at 1:10 pm
THESE ANIMALS THAT DOESN’T VALUE HUMAN SHOULD LEAVE EBUBERU CHUKWU UZO NNEWI NOW, LET THEM GO AND ARREST OBASANJO,
Okafor Biafra
May 24, 2017 at 12:40 pm
Only thing this government no how to do best is killing
Spencer Odunze
May 24, 2017 at 12:17 pm
Buhari & Daura u are d judge & prosecutor. Let anything happen to him & lets see we will split d country.
Anusiem Nnaemeka
May 24, 2017 at 12:15 pm
He’s supporting ONE NIGERIA. This is One Nigeria for him. Idiot!
Mercy Oyidiya Nwala
May 24, 2017 at 6:58 pm
Stop writing stupidly.
Ezeaka Arinze
May 24, 2017 at 12:14 pm
If they touch him, the heavens will fall, let nobody try it, after all he did not kill anybody, every politician in Nigeria is a thief.
Mercy Oyidiya Nwala
May 24, 2017 at 6:58 pm
Even the DSS.
Godgift Samuel
May 24, 2017 at 12:04 pm
Why are Igbos being treated so bad by this Buhari’s government? What wrong did they do to Buhari? Is it because they want their own country which I know will be better than this BIG JOKE called Nigeria ? SMH .
No matter the length of time it is now clear that Igbos will have their country because the marginalization, intimidation has now gone out of hands…
Emeka Okafor
May 24, 2017 at 11:59 am
De zoo most fall
Ugochukwu Emeafu
May 24, 2017 at 11:51 am
Fat lie
Elly Ifeanyi
May 24, 2017 at 11:40 am
apart from been an Igbo man,he is an Anambra man,he is not a thief,so let nothing happen to him(Ifeanyi UBA)
Nelson Jeremiah
May 24, 2017 at 11:38 am
THIS IS RUBBISH WHAT OF THIS IDIOTS
HOW POLITICIANS KILLED NIGERIAN ECONOMY, TRUMP REVEALS:
US government unveils 16 Richest Politicians From Nigeria And Names Of US Banks They Stocked Public Funds They Stole.
NAME*******BANK ***************AMOUNT
1. Aisha Buhari. JP Morgan chase/ New York. $2.9 billion
2. Col. Abubakar Lawal. American express/New York $2.5 billion
3. Garba Shehu. Wells Fargo/ San Francisco. $2.3 billion
4. Ahmed Idris. Citi group/ New York city. $2.1 billion
5. Nadir El-rufai Citi group/ New York city. $2.6 billion
7. Femi Adesina US Bancorp/ Minnesota. $1.9 billion
8. Babagana Monguno financial/ Detroit. $1.8 billion
9. Tukur Buratai. BB&T/ North Carolina. $2.9 billion
10. Abayomi Olonishakin
Citi group/ new York. $2.3 billion
11. Sadique Abubakar. State street corporation & $1.9 billion
12. Lawal Daura. Wells Fargo/ San Francisco. $2.4 billion
13. Amina Zakari. Citi g!roup/ New York $1.8 billion
14. Zara Buhari. Bank of America. $1.2 billion
15. Habibu Abdulahi. US Bancorp. $1.7 billion
16. Baba Haruna Jauro. Ally financial. $2.2 billion
17. Umaru Dambatta. Bank of America. $1.7 billion
Aliyu Gusau. Ally Financial. $1.3 billion
Babachir David Lawal. BB financial. $978
Babatunde Fashola. American Bank. $2.4 billion
Chris Ngige. Northern Bank AA $2.7 billion
Rotimi Amaechi. SSA Financial. $3.6 billion
Abdulrahman Danbazau. UNITY BS. $2.6 billion
Solomon Dalong. American Bank. $4.2 billion
Lai Muhammed. Ally Financial. $1.3 billion
Muhammadu Buhari. $3.2 billion
Aisha Hadi Sirika. AA Financial. $976 million… what a shame. Sent as received.
Over to PMB and EFCC.
Rockson Udoh Wilson
May 24, 2017 at 11:36 am
If this was the law in Nigeria, almost all Northerners would have been killed, nonsense.
Bassey Eborty Egbe
May 24, 2017 at 11:26 am
We are watching
Elly Ifeanyi
May 24, 2017 at 11:26 am
T
Aloysius Chris Nneji
May 24, 2017 at 11:23 am
No much comment yet.
Ceejay Daniels Nistrr
May 24, 2017 at 11:16 am
Really? Because he offered to bail Nnamdi Kanu right? ok we are watching.
Agatha Nwosu
May 24, 2017 at 11:11 am
What Dangote committed at Nigeria stock exchange and this, if at all he committed any offence, which one is more grevious?. The problem with Hausa/Fulani is that the wonderfully made people they gave twenty pounds only, out of all the monies they had, some years ago are shinning like stars their God made them to be. We know that DSS is holding Ibeto in their custody with out any reason, hence they refused to take him to Court. They have tried all they could to stop him from doing his cement business so that only Dangote will remain in the business hence he has monopolised the business. My question is does Dangote have more business acumen than Ibeto? Cletus Ibeto hails from the same town with Sir Louis Ojukwu, the Africa’s richest man, during the colonial era, when there was no oil money, no government policy skewed to favour only one man, no government money looted and diverted into one man’s account. Daura, you can arrest them,you can detian them, you can jail them, but you can never brake them, for they are children of Yahweh. For they are called by His name. Ifeanyichukwu, means, “with Ja all things are possible.
Johnson Nduka
May 24, 2017 at 11:07 am
INJUSTICE!
Kelechi Roland Chukwudebe Michael
May 24, 2017 at 10:51 am
Lies
Prince Alegu
May 24, 2017 at 10:42 am
Haba oriental times you are gradually emulati ng sahara report in telling lies very soon people will see your page and engnor it be careful false report is a crime.
Arsenal March'King
May 24, 2017 at 11:27 am
Other papers wrote it. This is not a joke but they can’t try it
Biafra Jpinvest
May 24, 2017 at 10:40 am
HIS OWN LOT IS IT MORE THAN THE ONES NORTH LOTS???Remember buhari lot and abacha lot also remember Ibb lot plus others …
Tony Okwuosa
May 24, 2017 at 10:35 am
Just laughing in Latin
Mazi Ejike Ihez
May 24, 2017 at 10:34 am
Kill him na if u can, zoo DSS
Victor Alanza
May 24, 2017 at 10:28 am
Nigerians keep running their mouth over Ifeanyi Ubah’s action.
Have they ever considered why the Nigerian government is owing him and yet refused to pay?
When has conversion of government products and assets fixed or current, attracted death penalty on conviction?
And how many of those northerners had been executed on conviction if at all convicted?
Obi Chimezie Okoronkwo-nnadiekwe
May 24, 2017 at 10:19 am
Good for him
Ibrahim Aminu
May 24, 2017 at 10:19 am
What about other leaders who loot more than him whats their own offense
Don Iyke J Stino
May 24, 2017 at 10:26 am
The worst is that he did not even loot but he simply deducted the money NNPC is owing him and they are still owing him ballance. Just imagine but it may happen before but now. No lele.
Ceejay Daniels Nistrr
May 24, 2017 at 11:20 am
Ibrahim Aminu are you sure you’re a Nigerian? why are you not taking side I mean you want to prove that Nigeria still have people who believe in equity and justices. Sorry bro you’re not a Nigerian.
Donchi Ekwueme Slimshedy
May 24, 2017 at 10:18 am
Taaa those who dnt know law
Don Obi
May 24, 2017 at 10:16 am
We don hear
Chidi Jean
May 24, 2017 at 10:16 am
So kill him now, why still making noise about it? Go on kill him, after all it’s your job to kill abi
Mishael Chikwueokpala
May 24, 2017 at 10:15 am
Ifeanyi uba renounce Nigeria and declare you are a Biafran and regain your freedom!
Elly Ifeanyi
May 24, 2017 at 11:43 am
Misheal, you’re always a child of God, keep it up with your truth.
Uche Ethel
May 24, 2017 at 10:14 am
Says by who? It’s only after this admiration, we will hear the bad side of it and how they loot the country dry even the person passing this judgement now. Time shall tell.
Christ Is-love
May 24, 2017 at 10:13 am
Collecting his father’s oil?? So those who shared the oil wells among themselves and keeps increasing fuel prices committed wat? When u tell u Nigeria is a triple zoo , pls don’t laugh.
Okezie Collins
May 24, 2017 at 10:11 am
Nnpc owned him 16bn and he holds onto their 11bn goods by mathematics nnpc will pay him 5bn if he goes to court
Chidi Jean
May 24, 2017 at 10:17 am
Logic
Stanley Johnmartin
May 24, 2017 at 10:10 am
Ifeanyi Uba says that he love nigeria more than anything…….Let him enjoy nigeria nah…..fool like him……..Biafra or Death
Anthony Silva Ike Madubach
May 24, 2017 at 10:09 am
Oya killam nah
Kelvin Orite Ikiogha
May 24, 2017 at 10:09 am
so wetin una go talk about pmb way dey loot our money dey take treat himself in London ? I guise he should be sent to the fire squad
Jacob Evans
May 24, 2017 at 10:09 am
Nigeria is playing with fire
Ifeanyi Paul
May 24, 2017 at 10:07 am
Who say so
Emmanuel Okani
May 24, 2017 at 10:06 am
What has he committed that is up to what other trips has been committing and they are celebrated. Because he is an Igbo man .You are all bitting more than what you can chew.
Asogwo Chidi Frank
May 24, 2017 at 10:02 am
Fake news
Mercy Jerome
May 24, 2017 at 10:00 am
Ifeanyi and hausa-fulani criminals that have looted this zoological banana republic to nothing which one among them have committed economic sabotage punishable to death? DSS criminal answer me,oh! is it because ifeanyi Is an Igbo man that’s why you want to kill him try it,all of you will be wiped out
Prince Adewumi Rotee Fariogun
May 24, 2017 at 10:19 am
DSS cannot answer ur question on dis forum i wl advice u to seek redres in d court of law or to DSS office and see how dey wl use koboko horsewhip to make tribal mark on ur body lobatan
Mercy Jerome
May 24, 2017 at 4:10 pm
when baboon talks we know
Ben Dike
May 24, 2017 at 9:57 am
Na chicken
Ben Dike
May 24, 2017 at 9:57 am
Hahahahaha hahahahaha
Afeez Oyedemi
May 24, 2017 at 9:55 am
What did he do
Saviour Iwu
May 24, 2017 at 9:53 am
You people cant do him enything, foolish nd useless fulanis
Enekweizu Martin
May 24, 2017 at 1:04 pm
AMJAD YUSUF YOU ARE MORE THAM STUPID IDIOT
Bonny Bonny
May 24, 2017 at 9:52 am
Story…
Domjackson Nabeolisa
May 24, 2017 at 9:52 am
KILLER SQUAD
Barry Gabor
May 24, 2017 at 9:51 am
ONCE YOU BELIEVED IN ONE NIGERIA AS AN IGBO MAN THEIR TARGET IS ONLY ON HOW TO ELIMINATE YOU
Kelechi Daniel
May 24, 2017 at 9:50 am
ifeanyi uba can now see the reason why we want nothing than biafra may God help him in the hand of our enemies
Victor Chidiebere
May 24, 2017 at 9:49 am
Live that to d court
Raymond Elechi
May 24, 2017 at 9:49 am
Bloody Govt
Ifeanyi Medoo
May 24, 2017 at 9:45 am
Punishable by Death because his is an lgbo man
Success Brown Onuoha
May 24, 2017 at 9:44 am
Na bcos he b igbo abi….thunder firee una hausa fulani fools
Onwuka Kalu Onwuka
May 24, 2017 at 9:42 am
So you have killed him?
Remedy ThankGod Mmaduaburooluwa
May 24, 2017 at 9:42 am