The Federal High Court in Abuja has sounded the gavel, fixing March 5 as the day of reckoning for Andy Uba, a former senator of Anambra South, who now
The Federal High Court in Abuja has sounded the gavel, fixing March 5 as the day of reckoning for Andy Uba, a former senator of Anambra South, who now stands accused of orchestrating a grand deception—a N400 million fraud cloaked in the robes of political influence.
A former colossus in Nigeria’s political amphitheater, Uba along with his accomplices, Crystal Uba and Benjamin Etu face a two-count charge of obtaining money by false pretense.
The case, filed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), alleges that Uba and his associates promised to secure the position of Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for anyone willing to part with N400 million.
The promised appointment was but a mirage, yet the money exchanged hands, vanishing into an abyss of deceit.
Uboh, determined to reclaim his fortune and expose the charade, documented his grievances meticulously. Armed with voice recordings and damning financial transactions, he petitioned the IGP on April 5, 2023, unraveling the elaborate scheme. The floodgates of justice swung open, ushering Uba into the courtroom, where his political invincibility would be tested against the scales of the law.
The prosecution, armed with six witnesses, is set to dismantle Uba’s defense piece by piece. The former senator’s attempts to elude justice have been telling—first, a strategic invocation of a fundamental rights enforcement order, shielding him from prosecution. But the legal barricade crumbled as the restraining order was vacated, allowing the charge to proceed.
The counts against Uba are weighty, invoking the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud-Related Offences Act, 2006. If convicted, he faces severe legal repercussions, including a lengthy prison term that could spell the abrupt end of his political odyssey.
Andy Uba is not just any politician; he is a man whose name once resonated within the power circles of Nigeria. A former gubernatorial aspirant, a senator, and a key figure in Anambra politics, his influence once seemed impervious to scandal. But the courtroom has become the great leveler.
