The immediate past NDDC chairman, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has decried the destruction of his personal residence in Calabar by hoodlums last weekend, saying the intruders broke into his house “and looted it to the ground leaving only the bare floor.”
In a statement he personally signed and made available to our reporter on Friday, the former Senate Leader expressed shock at the level of aloofness glaringly displayed by security agencies during the carnage.
He said “All the toilets, baths, pumps and indeed every imaginable fitting were removed as were items of furniture, clothing, a huge collection of mainly rare, out of print books, documents and historic photographs. They also removed all the windows, railings, family pictures and burglary proofs. Even my private chapel was not spared.
“They set the cars ablaze and parts of the building after more than four hours of interrupted operations in my house. It was methodical. The destruction of my house was clearly premeditated, wanton and unjustifiable but I understand the anger in the land especially amongst our youths. However, if looting and burning my home will better their lives and bring positive change to our land then it is a sacrifice my family and I gladly make.”
He said the destruction happened despite the fact that he had earlier informed security agencies in Calabar on the planned attacks, and explained: “At about 2 am (local time, as I was abroad) on Saturday, October 24, 2020, I received a text informing me that there were plans by arranged hoodlums to attack my residence in Calabar, that of Senator Gershom Bassey and a hotel owned by Senator John Owan Enor.
“I promptly forwarded the texts to Senators Bassey and Owan Enoh. I also called the security agencies in Calabar to apprise them of the information. Calabar, from my information, was already tense from the previous day’s break-in into warehouses storing Covid-19 palliatives and the subsequent breaching of shops and other businesses.”
