Former Director of Military Intelligence, DMI,
Major-General Letam Wiwa, yesterday, denied report of his arrest by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
saying he was neither arrested nor detained.
The EFCC corroborated his position, saying the
commission has no record of his arrest or detention.
Major-General Wiwa said: “There was not even an
invitation, let alone an arrest. I was really surprised when I read the report
and I guessed it must be a magic arrest.
“I just woke up this morning (Monday), and people
started calling me that they saw reports of my arrest in the papers. I am now sitting
in my office in Oshodi, Lagos. They didn’t even ask the army whether any such
arrest happened.”
The EFCC, on its part, confirmed that the former DMI
was not arrested as reported by the media
Spokesman for EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said in a
statement: “I can’t find any such detainee in our records. I can’t find
anything on him.”
Before Mr. Uwujaren spoke, another top official of
the anti-graft agency had said the report of General Wiwa’s arrest was untrue.
The EFCC said: “We are not aware of any such
arrest.” He said Wiwa was neither invited for questioning nor arrested by the
EFCC.
According to him, the operations of the DMI had
nothing to do with procurement of equipment for the army or any security
agency.
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