Lee Maeba: Police Make Incriminating Discovery in Atiku Camapaigner's House

• The police command in Rivers state is alleging that the attack on Lee Maeba's residence may have been stage-managed
• CP Okon Effiong in his conversation with journalists on Thursday, December 15, said only old rickety cars belonging to Maeba were damaged
• Moreover, Effiong said the gate through which the gunmen came into Maeba's Port Harcourt house was not destroyed

Port Harcourt, Rivers - Police officers in Rivers state who took an ongoing investigation into the Port Harcourt residence of Senator Lee Maeba where some gunmen launched an attack have made some revelations.

In his conversation with journalists on Thursday, December 15, the commissioner of police in Rivers, Okon Effiong, disclosed that vehicles damaged by the armed criminals were old and rickety ones, Leadership reports.

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Effiong revealed that Maeba's luxurious and rather sophisticated cars were not touched by the assailants, a discovery which is leading the police to suspect that the said attack could have been stage-managed.

Moreover, the police commissioner said Maeba, who happens to be the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council in Rivers, is yet to make a statement on the attack.

Speaking more on discoveries made, the police chief said the same gate through which Maeba alleged the gunmen gained access into his house was not damaged.

Effiong added:

“About 9 or 10 security personnel are in his compound. Apparently, because he was satisfied with what I did, as soon as the Deputy Commissioner of Police got there, investigation commenced.

“He was asked to make a statement. To him, that isn’t the procedure but as we speak from that day till today, he hasn’t written a statement. I called him the next day and told him we needed to see his statement but he was waiting on his lawyer.”

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What attracted attack on my residence, Maeba opens up

Lee Maeba, the chairman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, had revealed why his residence was attacked by a gang of hoodlums.

Maeba claimed that the attack was due to his alliance with Atiku Abubakar, the PDP's presidential candidate.

The former senator claimed that the raid on his house came not long after he got a call that some persons were on their way to attack him.

Source: Legit.ng