CPCC Calls for Interrogation of Two House Members

George Okoh in Makurdi

Commissioner of Public Complaints Commission in Benue State, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav on Saturday called for the interrogation of Hon John Dyegh, member representing Gboko/Tarka in the House of Representatives, Gboko Local Government Chairman, Emmanuel Kwagba and Hon Terhemba Chabo of the Benue State House of Assembly over allegation of the destruction of some properties belonging to a widow in Ikyumbur, Mbatiav, Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State.

A petition writing by Adam Terkula Raphael, son of the widow, Eunice Adam, alleged that Hon John Dyegh and others aided the destruction of his mother’s properties which included houses, farm produce, motorcycle and economic trees valued at ten million naira (N10,000,000).

Raphael in his petition to the Public Complaints Commission further stated that when Hon Dyegh was informed about the initial destruction of 160 lines of yams and cassava by Lagos and his gang, instead of coming to their aid, he mobilised the youths to cause further havoc “. He told the whole community that my mother is a very bad woman and they should go ahead and burn down her house.

“He described our house as the only home of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in his own kingdom, Mbatiav. That while he is from the APC nothing of PDP should exist in his own council ward,” stressing that the law maker was erroneously informed that my mother had named her dog after him.

Raphael who said everything they laboured for which he estimated at N10million has been destroyed said 13 persons have so far been arrested by the state CID and charged to court.

However, Tsav in his petition to the state Commissioner of Police dated July 8, 2016 and copied the Inspector General of Police, IGP, the state Governor, the Director General, Department of State Services and the Honourable Chief Commissioner, Public Complaints Commission stated that the damage done to the compound of the petitioner is monumental and can best be likened to a village overran by enemy forces.

“The woman who is the head of the compound (Eunice Adam) is a widow having lost her husband in 2009. She and her children are rendered homeless and forcibly banished from their ancestral home with no means of subsistence. Their farm work has been disrupted and they now roam about like vagabonds.

“The situation is very pathetic and something needs to be done to obtain justice for them. They deserve compensation for the wanton damage done to their compound and farms.”

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