#EndSARS: Return My Late Father’s Judges’ Robes, Ndoma-Egba Begs Looters

Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN) has appealed to vandals and
hoodlums who looted his personal residence in Calabar to kindly
return his late father’s judge’s robes.

In a statement he personally signed on Thursday, the former
Senate leader said: “The intruders broke into my house and looted
it to the ground leaving only the bare floor.”

“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.”

He said the attack on his residence was methodical.

“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.

“Among the intruders were obviously electricians, plumbers,
carpenters, motor mechanics, panel beaters and other tradesmen.
Mercifully, no life was lost. I was abroad”.

The former chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission
(NDDC) added: “I only plead that they return my late father’s
judges robes which they certainly would not be needing for anything
and is surely incriminating.”

He explained he started building the house in 1991 and moved in
in January, 2009.

Noting the destruction of his “house was clearly premeditated,
wanton and unjustifiable but I understand the anger in the land
especially amongst our youths.”

Ndoma-Egba added: “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.”

Recalling the incidents of the day, he said: “At about 2 am
(local time, as I was abroad) on Saturday 24th. October 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.

“The impending attack on Senators Bassey, Owan Enoh and I was
already public knowledge as later that morning I got many calls to
that effect.

“Thereafter I kept calling the security agencies by the hour
when in spite of their assurances that they will secure my house
there was no evidence of any security personnel in my vicinity. I
understand, the times were indeed confounding for everybody.

“For the rampaging bands, it is time to beat a retreat and
reflect on whether your actions are helping you or your case in any
way or not as they are certainly not part of the #EndSars
campaign.

“Tomorrow is yours in-spite of your pain and anguish today. Be
wise. Do not destroy it. While your past may not have been the
least it should have been the future remains your nevertheless. It
is yours to lose or gain. I pray that you claim it and gain
it.”

Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN) has appealed to vandals and
hoodlums who looted his personal residence in Calabar to kindly
return his late father’s judge’s robes.

In a statement he personally signed on Thursday, the former
Senate leader said: “The intruders broke into my house and looted
it to the ground leaving only the bare floor.”

“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.”

He said the attack on his residence was methodical.

“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.

“Among the intruders were obviously electricians, plumbers,
carpenters, motor mechanics, panel beaters and other tradesmen.
Mercifully, no life was lost. I was abroad”.

The former chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission
(NDDC) added: “I only plead that they return my late father’s
judges robes which they certainly would not be needing for anything
and is surely incriminating.”

He explained he started building the house in 1991 and moved in
in January, 2009.

Noting the destruction of his “house was clearly premeditated,
wanton and unjustifiable but I understand the anger in the land
especially amongst our youths.”

Ndoma-Egba added: “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.”

Recalling the incidents of the day, he said: “At about 2 am
(local time, as I was abroad) on Saturday 24th. October 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.

“The impending attack on Senators Bassey, Owan Enoh and I was
already public knowledge as later that morning I got many calls to
that effect.

“Thereafter I kept calling the security agencies by the hour
when in spite of their assurances that they will secure my house
there was no evidence of any security personnel in my vicinity. I
understand, the times were indeed confounding for everybody.

“For the rampaging bands, it is time to beat a retreat and
reflect on whether your actions are helping you or your case in any
way or not as they are certainly not part of the #EndSars
campaign.

“Tomorrow is yours in-spite of your pain and anguish today. Be
wise. Do not destroy it. While your past may not have been the
least it should have been the future remains your nevertheless. It
is yours to lose or gain. I pray that you claim it and gain
it.”