The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said it has released on bail, Anambra state-born industrialist, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, better known as Innoson.
His bail coincides with the Nigerian senate’s intervention on the matter on 20 December.
The upper chamber mandated its committee on anti-corruption and financial crimes to investigate circumstances surrounding the allegation that an EFCC operative slapped the wife of Chukwuma during a raid on his house in Enugu.
Although the EFCC denies this narrative by the senate on what happened before he was arrested.
The anti-graft agency claims that the businessman who runs a local auto assembly plant was arrested on Tuesday December 19, 2017 at his Enugu residence, following his refusal to respond to invitations by the Commission, after initially being granted administrative bail by the Commission, while his surety could also not be found.
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According to the EFCC, the industrialist resisted arrest and stirred controversy by bringing six truck-loads of thugs to block the entrance to his Plot W1, Industrial Layout, Abakaliki Road, Emeni, Enugu, home.
This was after he initially misled the Police Command by informing them that his home had been invaded by armed robbers and kidnappers despite the fact that operatives of the Commission duly identified themselves to policemen guarding his home.
His unruly thugs encircled and manhandled operatives of the Commission who had gone to effect the arrest.
Consequently, a distress call was sent to the Commission’s Enugu Office for reinforcement.
In all of this, the Commission’s operatives acted with decorum and civility. No one was manhandled or assaulted by the EFCC team, and not a single shot was fired, despite the provocation.
Chief Chukwuma and his brother, Charles Chukwuma (who is still at large), are being investigated by the Insurance and Capital Market Fraud Section of the Commission’s office in Lagos over matters bordering on N1, 478, 366, 859.66 fraud and forgery.
The industrialist, among other infractions, allegedly used forged documents to secure tax waivers.
