The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) claimed that the former governor of Enugu state, Chimaroke Nnamani, stole $41.8 million between 1999 and 2007. Nnamani has refuted this claim. According to Premium Times, the senator representing Enugu east denied the claim in a statement that he personally signed on October 4 and claimed that it was simply false information intended to harm his reputation because of his political stance.
Prior to his remark, the congressman was allegedly charged in the fictitious FBI investigation with utilizing the stolen money to buy houses in Miami, Florida. According to the FBI report’s findings, Senator Nnamani earned an estimated $10,670 per year, which does not explain how he was able to amass such opulent assets in the United States. Senator Nnamani responded to the claimed FBI report by saying the most recent development was a plot to assassinate him before the general elections. “My voice will become louder and more insistent,” he remarked. I am aware that people who cannot tolerate opposing viewpoints will attack me for my most recent position.
Democracy allows for different points of view. Who will speak up and take a position if not me? The highly regarded politician insisted that he had not been found guilty of these claims in any court order or conviction.
Meanwhile, Senator Nnamani, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), recently created controversy when his name appeared on the list of the All Progressive Congress’s presidential campaign council (APC). The APC defended its choice to include the name of a member of a rival political party by citing his connection and long-standing relationship with Bola Tinubu, the APC’s presidential candidate. The senator’s inclusion on the list of campaign council members, according to the APC, was done to provide moral support for the party mainstay.