Captain faces court-martial for petitioning the president, accusing the Chief of Naval Workers, of Corruption
A former Assistant Director Procurement within the Defence Intelligence Company, Capt. Emmanuel Ekpe, has reportedly been summoned to look earlier than a court-martial in Lagos, for allegedly petitioning the president, accusing the Chief of Naval Workers, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, of misconduct.
Ekpe, aka Owen, a embellished naval officer, was stated to have been relieved of his appointment on the DIA following the petition through which he accused Ibas of corruption, abuse of workplace and employment of state powers to pursue private vendetta.
This was contained in a press release on Tuesday by the attorneys to the captain, Pelumi Olajengbesi, titled, ‘Demand for the rapid sacking of the CNS for gross misconduct and acts able to destroying nationwide safety.’
The assertion stated Owen’s ordeal started in 1996 whereas onboard NNS AMBE when he admonished Ibas to serve with integrity after he allegedly found that the CNS was concerned in corrupt practices.
“Slightly than taking the admonition of Capt. Owen, the now CNS locked him up in the bathroom and tried him for a trumped-up offence whereas nonetheless onboard the NNS AMBE in Liberia. The harmless and respectable Captain has since 1996 remained an object of victimisation by the now CNS within the Nigerian Navy,” the lawyer alleged.
Olajengbesi additional stated the CNS has channelled assets to make life as a naval officer insufferable for Owen, including that Ibas withheld funds from him for the coaching of naval officers for Admiralty yachting regatta in India in 2016 and 2017.
He added, “The CNS additionally refused to approve funds to buy tools for the officers nominated to attend the train in India. The diligent Captain was compelled to borrow the sum of $2,400 for the acquisition of the stated tools in honour and respect for the Nigerian Navy with none refund until date. He has been denied promotion thrice and his data have been tampered with.”
The lawyer defined that after enduring a number of years of struggling and intimidation, Owen filed a petition to the President, Main Common Muhammadu Buhari, however Ibas allegedly annoyed the grievance by assuming jurisdiction over it.
He said, “Slightly, the CNS assumed jurisdiction by proxy over the matter by establishing a committee to listen to the grievance. The committee merely ignored the complaints and manufactured new spurious points, thereby turning the petitioner to the accused particular person in an try and silence him. The CNS has now summoned Capt. Owen to Lagos to face a court-martial.”
The assertion argued that the CNS had no authority to convene a court-martial, noting that by part 131 of the Armed Forces Act, officers having the facility to convene a court-martial are the President, the Chief of Defence Workers or the Service Chiefs; a normal officer commanding, a brigadier, colonel or lieutenant colonel or their corresponding ranks.
It additional famous, “Constituting the court-martial in Lagos while the officer is engaged in Abuja due to his official posting is tantamount to a deliberate try and frustrate him when identical might have been constituted in Abuja and made for ease of attendance of proceedings, amongst others.”
The lawyer referred to as on the President to evaluation Owen’s case, whereas demanding the sacking of the CNS with out additional delay “to save lots of the fame, integrity and proper standings of the Nigerian Navy and by extension, the Armed Forces as an entire.”
When contacted, the NN spokesman, Suleiman Dahun, stated, “The matter is being dealt with administratively.”
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