Date Published: 09/16/09

Family and Friends deserted Mrs. Cecilia Ibru: Chief E. K. Clark came to Lagos on wheel chair for her release.

While she was in the helm of affairs of Oceanic Bank, Cecilia Ibru was a successful Amazon courted by all, she was the darling of high and mighty but all these have stopped and she can now barely counts her true friends with her five fingers.

Mrs.. Ibru who was granted bail on Monday hopefully will be released from bail today, 3 days after she was granted bail 3 days may be a short time but considering her pedigree and the status of her powerful clan 3 days are such a long years for her to stay put in the EFCC custody.

Pointer to the fact that Mrs Ibru will stay extra days started at the weekend when her immediate family had meeting on the need to have sureties on ground to bail the powerful Ibru matriarch in the absent of her ailing husband, Olorogun Micheal Ibru who is in US private hospital suffering from stroke and other ailment.

Her family are so shocked to the marrow that all her would be surety had ran away and abandoned her for fear of being rope in the monumental banking scandal, while some are no so hated her for giving the money to unknown faces who are presently at large and had declared wanted.

Felix Ibru, the ex-governor and senator how is her brother-in-law and other powerful Ibrus brother are said to be indifferent to her plight as they claimed that she has since cornered their brother

When all hope was lost, her sister contacted Chief E.K. who promised to ensure that she was left off the EFCC custody..

The dimension of how her fate will be shaped started on Monday at the Federal high Court, Ikoyi, when her voracious lawyer Niyi Akintola, SAN was no-where to be found, this initially sent panic into her spine and effort was made to contacted Billionaire Wale Babalakin, SAN who sent his lawyer Wale Akoni, SAN to ensure that Mrs. Ibru return to her home in the precinct of the Court.

Those in court were also surprised to see Chief E.K. Clark’s brother Ambassador BA Clark, the onetime Nigerian representative to the United Nations, Senator Brume, Felix Ibru and other title chief from Delta State.

Uncle E. K. Clark also sent his lawyer, Kayode Ajulo, from Abuja to ensure that Mrs Ibru go home he was seen at the Court with title deeds of the Chief’s properties.

However things took a new turn when the part of the bail conditions is the requirement that the would be surety must own a property in Victoria Island, Ikoyi or Maitama, immediately this condition was made known everybody chickened out leaving Chief E.K. Clark and Senator Brume in the saddled.

However Chief Clark was in Abuja National Hospital and despite his lawyer, Kayode Ajulo plea that he had the old Chief's Power of Attorney to act on his behalf, the EFCC insisted on the man physical appearance, when despite the clout of Ibrus, Wale Akoni and kayode Ajulo pleas, they could not get the Chief replacement, Kayode Ajulo to call him and he flew to Lagos from Abuja on wheel chair to ensure that Mrs Ibru is freed.

As at 9.00pm at MM2 Airport Chief Clark still on wheel chair was seen with his lawyer trying to secure a private plane to take them back to Abuja.