Details on why EFCC places Ekweremadu under house emerge [See letter]

Indications on why Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, was placed
under house arrest has emerged.

DAILY POST reports that officials of the Directorate of State Security
(DSS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on
Tuesday morning laid siege to the residence of the Deputy Senate
President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu in Abuja, thus preventing him from
going out.

However, a letter obtained by our reporter indicated that the
anti-graft agency had written the senator, accusing him of conspiracy,
abuse of office and money laundering.

The letter signed by Mohammed Umar Abba, Director of Operations, EFCC
had invited the senator to report for an interview at the 5 Fomela
Street in Wuse 2.

The letter inviting Ekweremadu was dated Tuesday July 24, same day it
asked the Enugu-born politician to appear at 10am.

Observers say it might have been a ploy to take the lawmaker out of
reach ahead of the Senate plenary that has witnessed defection of All
Progressives Congress (APC) senators to the People's Democratic Party
(PDP).