The newly appointed Minister for Niger Delta ministry, Pastor Uguru Usani Uguru, has been fingered in the alleged murder of one Mr. Iwara Osuaya, a Chairmanship contestant in May 1996, in Cross River State, according to a petition filed at the Oputa Panel in 2001.
The petition signed by Jenny Iwara Osuaya, wife of the deceased, alleged that Usani and others murdered her husband in 1996.
According to PETITION NO 673 to the Oputa Panel Mrs Osuaya said that her late husband was murdered by Mr. Usani Uguru Usani & Others in a Wednesday report by Pointblanknews.
The assailants were arrested by the police Mr. Usani who was a member of the Cross Rivers State Executive Council used his influence to suppress investigation into the matter. The preliminary investigation report of the matter indicted Mr. Usani and others but the police did not prosecute them. The preliminary report was admitted in evidence as Exhibit 2.
The Commission ordered the Inspector-General of Police to constitute another panel to conduct fresh investigation into the matter.
According to Pointblanknews.com the case had remained a “cold case” after the Oputa Panel.
Usani, who allegedly supported another candidate in the election, was said to have promised offsetting Osuaya’s election expenses. But when Osuaya went to collect the promised compensation, a fracas ensued which resulted in his death.
The now Minister for Niger Delta appointed by President Mohammadu Buhari and screened by the Senate, with few unnamed persons allegedly killed Osuaya, rolled him up in the blood stained rug carpet in his sitting room, carried the body into his car, drove into the bush, poured acid on the body to conceal evidence.
At the Justice Chukwudifu Oputa Commission in Port Harcourt, one Group Captain Gregory Agboneni was linked with helping Usani to cover up the alleged crime and forestall the prosecution of the former Information Commissioner, according to Pointblanknews investigation.
Efforts by Per Second News to reach the new minister on the alleged murder were unsuccessful as several calls put through to his mobile phone did not go through.
A text message sent to his number was not replied.
Usani served as Commissioner for Information under Agboneni.
Meanwhile, the new Minister and his Minister of State, Cladius Daramola, yesterday, assumed duties with a warning to staff of the ministry not to mislead them in the course of carrying out their duties for the benefit of the region.
Usani, urged Directors and other top management of the ministry to transparently guide the new leadership “because you are on ground.”
“Be open to one another. When there is anything you will want to hide, tell us and we will hide it well together. Avoid scheming for popularity. I believe in working together and not individual championship.”
Usani, until his new appointment was the Chairman of APC in Cross River State. He was also the state coordinator of National Unity Club (one of the associations that formed the Grassroot Democratic Movement (1994).
In 1998 and 1999 when the current political dispensation came into being, Usani was one of the pioneer members who formed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Cross River State, he however left the party in 2001 due to irreconcilable differences within the party, based on principle.
He contested the seat of Governorship of Cross River state in 2003 and 2012 under the opposition political platform of National Democrats ND and Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN.
Commissioner, Cross River State Ministry of Youth, Sports and Social Development July, 1995– Dec 1995.
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