{"id":62698,"date":"2018-06-22T15:58:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T14:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=62698"},"modified":"2018-06-22T15:58:29","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T14:58:29","slug":"dss-arrests-senator-abaribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/dss-arrests-senator-abaribe\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0DSS Arrests Senator Abaribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested the Senator<br \/>\nrepresenting Abia South in the Senate, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested in Abuja\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1653010533\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Friday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0at a popular hotel located at Maitama<br \/>\nDistrict.<\/p>\n<p>Although no official reason has been given for his arrest, Abaribe,<br \/>\nChairman, senate committee on power, steel development and metallurgy, had<br \/>\nrecently alleged that N30 billion was smuggled into the allocation for<br \/>\npower in the 2018 Budget.<\/p>\n<p>He said the N30 billion was listed for expansion and re-enforcement of<br \/>\ninfrastructure in the distribution companies to reduce stranded firms but<br \/>\ninsisted that his committee was not aware of the insertion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe amount never passed through the senate power committee. Where did<br \/>\nsuch huge sum of N30 billion come from?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet the budget office and other relevant bodies conduct self examination.<br \/>\nSuch self examination will go a long way to clear gray areas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Abaribe who chairs the south-east senate caucus, expressed shock<br \/>\nover the cut in the budget allocation for the Enugu airport terminal<br \/>\nsaying an emergency meeting of south-east lawmakers had been summoned to<br \/>\nunravel when the cut was effected and by who.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo right thinking Igbo man would support any cut on allocation for<br \/>\nprojects in the south-east region,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed and determined to find out who made the cut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe actually lobbied for the Enugu airport terminal allocation to be<br \/>\nincreased to N3.5 billion until the ministry of aviation told them that it<br \/>\ncould not be increased beyond the N2 billion allocation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested the Senator representing Abia South in the Senate, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe. 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