Leadership (Abuja)
Chuks Ohuegbe
2 November 2009
Abuja — There are strong indications that the police in Anambra State may arrest Chief Chris Uba today, if he failed to honour the invitation to appear before it to answer questions over the kidnapping of Pa Simeon Soludo, the octogenarian father of Professor Chukwuma Soludo.
LEADERSHIP learnt last night that the police high command in Abuja had directed the Anambra State Commissioner of Police to arrest Chief Chris Uba today if he failed to appear before it as at yesterday.
Pa Soludo was about a week ago kidnapped at his Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area, country home in Anambra State by unknown gunmen.
Chris Uba, a member of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of PDP, had since maintained that he was never invited by the police in Anambra State over the kidnap of Pa Soludo.
Rather, he said that Professor Soludo, who was selected as the governorship candidate of PDP for the February 6, 2010 governorship election in Anambra State allegedly made financial offers to him in the sum of $10 million for him to support his aspiration.
As at the time of going to press, it could not be confirmed if Chris Uba had honoured police invitation or not.
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I lost confidence in the present ANS C.P. immeditely I read in one of the respected newspapers that he invited Thief chris Uba not in connection with the kidnapping of Pa Soludo but to share a cup of tea with him and if possible collect his own share of the loot. Shame!Thief Uba even described the CP as a friend. THE FRIEND OF A THIEF! The truth is that the hierarchy of the Nigerian police knows that the leaders of PDP in ANS and the Uba brothers are the brain behind the kidnapping and other crimes in ANS. Or could somebody please tell me what other business most of the PDP leaders in ANS and the Uba brothers have? The people who could have done something about this ugly situation in ANS are all in the payroll of the Uba brothers therefore "odeshi" Shame! If a tout and criminal like Thief Chris Uba could be a member of PDP BOT, I wonder what sort of party PDP is. Shame.