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Odinkalu said the widow never received any house
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Senator Ita-Giwa fires back, says houses actually built and gifted
Former chairman of the Nigerian Human Rights Commission [NHRC], Prof. Chidi Odinkalu has exposed and accused the governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, of fraudulent activities, saying he built 52 housing units but claims the houses are 400.
Prof. Odinkalu also said the widow never received the promised house but was merely used for what amounted to a road show.
Taking to his Twitter handle, @ChidiOdinkalu, the human right defender wrote:
“#Nigerians are suckers for conmen & #LittleNapoleon eloquently delivers a new con every day. Here is his latest: he says he built 400 low cost units for #BakassiReturnees & even spent time in 1 of them with a grandmother who allegedly benefitted, yeah? Watch….
However, Odinkalu insisted that the whole scenario was a fraud. He tweeted:
That is the con. So, what is the reality? #LittleNapoleon says he built 400 units. Actually, it’s 52
Around the 45-second mark in the clip, u’ll see the grandma whom #LittleNapo says he put in her house. What’s her story? She never got the house!
This is the grandma that #LittleNapoleon in Calabar claims he gave a house in the new Ayade Estate. Pls listen to her testimony & choose whom u wish to believe…
Another tweep, Ita. B. Duke @itabasseyduke, however, disagreed with Odinkalu. He tweeted:
Prof, I think your criticism of Ayade is ill informed and unfair
He should be commended for building those 50units houses for displaced Bakassi people.Ita. B. Duke attached links to two Facebookvideos published by Egbelo Edward Ntebri showing Mma Giwa [Senator Ita-Giwa] as she “clears the controversy about the old lady’s house”.