Mrs. Vera Ezeugwu, the women leader of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Enugu State has been arrested by the Operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) over for alleged Multimillion-naira fraud.
JOURNALIST101 gathered that Mrs. Ezugwu was arrested by Operatives of EFCC from Benin Zonal Office of the anti graft agency over alleged connivance with her husband, Tony Ezeugwu to defraud one Lady Dr. Lora Marire to the tune of Eleven Million naira.
A source told our correspondent that the operatives from Benin were assisted by the operatives from Enugu Office that stormed her Enugu residence at about 5am when she was making efforts to relocate with her family.
A source at the Anti-graft Agency who spoke with our correspondent on the condition of anonymity said Mrs. Ezeugwu is on her way to Benin office where a petition against her was lodged.
Mr. Tony Ezeugwu, husband of the State PDP women leader who claimed to be a federal contractor, lured Lady Marire to paying the sum of Eleven million naira into “UKKA Global Partners Limited” account domiciled in UBA under the pretence that he has a contract from the government of Akwa-Ibom state which according to him, was attracted by one Senator Anietie Okon and would yield Eighty five million naira at the completion of the contract which was for the period of one month.
According to reports, Tony Ezeugwu has been on the run since 6th of October, 2021 and none of his four mobile numbers were going.
Lady Marire Narrates How The Whole Fraud Scheme Started
“I met Mrs. Vera Ezeugwu: the state PDP women leader for the first time during the “Oganiru Rally” organized by Enugu East Senatorial Zone at Okpara Square. I have always admired politics and desired to be an active participant in political events. To this end, I explained to her that I would like to be integrated into the mainstream politics in Enugu state. She thereafter assured me that she would be of immeasurable assistance.
“In the view of the foregoing, we became friends and she went on to explain to me on one fateful day in her house that her husband is an established Federal Government Contractor who has executed several contracts Nationwide and she can assist me by making me partner with them. The explanations of Mrs. Vera Ezeugwu and the responsibility of her political office in PDP further accentuated my total belief in her explanations.
“Mrs. Vera Ezeugwu then called her husband whom she introduced to me as a well known contractor both Federal and State.
After a while, her husband presented some contractual documents to me. He stated that the contract was awarded by Akwa-Ibom state government. The contract was purportedly attracted by Senator Anietie Okon whom Engr. Tony Ezeugwu claimed to be the CEO/Chairman Trident Energy System Limited.
However, due to the claimed expertise of Engr. Tony Ezeugwu of several contractual accomplishments, the management of Trident Energy System Limited then re-awarded the same contract to UKKA Global Partners Limited wherein Engr. Tony Ezeugwu is the Chief Executive Officer.
“The terms of the contract is: Construction of 0.6 Kilometer Internal Road at Mbiatok Itam in Itu Local government area, Akwa-Ibom state.
In addition to the presentations of Engr. Tony Ezeugwu, he convinced me to use my company and enter into a contractual agreement with his company so that both companies would share the anticipated profits.
“He stated that the contract is worth Eighty five Million naira (#85,000,000.00) only. Hence in order to expedite work on the contract, I borrowed huge sum of money to the tune of Eleven Million naira (#11,000,000.00) only which I paid into the DBA Account number: 1022825417 of UKKA Global Partners Limited belonging to Engr. Tony Ezeugwu for execution of the contract. That Mrs. Vera Ezeugwu persuaded me to pay extra One Million naira (1,000,000.00) into the same UKKA Global Partners Limited domiciled with UBA despite my reluctance based on my perceived fears of the probable genuineness of the entire project.
“After Engr. Tony Ezeugwu acknowledged the receipt of the money, he and his wife became evasive. They stopped picking my calls and started avoiding me. They suddenly maintained an astonishing distance from me till date. After repeated calls to Mrs. Vera Ezeugwu, she then took me to a two plots of land located at Gulf Estate where she promised me that the two plots of land will be sold to raise money for my reimbursement or they will transfer ownership of the two plots to me in lieu of the Eleven Million naira which I have committed to the said contractual and non existent project.
She promised to perfect the transfer of the two plots of land in my favor when she returns from PDP National convention at Abuja.
“However, when she eventually returned from the PDP convention at Abuja, she neither wanted to proceed with the sale of the two plots of land nor produce the title documents for Change of title as she promised.
“I later discovered that all the purported contractual documents were scam and fraud and the couple Engr. Tony Ezeugwu and Mrs. Vera Ezeugwu conceived it from the beginning just to defraud me.”
