At Last Joseph Odok Breaks Silence On His Attack.

Finally embattled Unical lecturer Barrister Joseph Odok has broken his silence over his attack last week.
Odok who spoke through his brother George Odok denied that his attack is connected to a Visa rackeeteering deal and insisted that it was an assanitation attempt on his life.

According to the statement: “The girl that set me up for assassination claimed she was my student and needed counsel as whether to abandon school for a business in Dubai. She wanted to trade on human hair. I told her I have never traveled out of Nigeria nor have I ever done a transaction involving a Visa.

“I told her I could only make inquiries to assist her. I called a friend who asked for her age. He asked for her age and she said she was 28. He categorically told her that Visa cannot be guaranteed for a girl who is less than 30 according to Nigerian immigration laws.

According to him, a girl who is less than 30 can only travel with a guardian or if she is married

The statement added that, “No money was involved or discussed. Our conversation was on phone and the security agencies are with the girl’s phone, so truth can’t be hidden because our communication can easily be investigated”, Odok said.

Odok, had on Tuesday gone to the DSS office in Calabar to give his statement over the attack.

The DSS later told CrossRiverWatch that the matter had been transferred to the state police command for further investigation.

But Odok’s statement further quoted, ASP Irene Ugbo, the state police spokesperson, who confirmed to CrossRiverWatch on phone that the case has been handed over to them as saying:

“We have the girl in our custody and she is giving us useful information to expand the scope of our investigation.

“The three guys who stabbed the complainant are still at large and we are working hard to arrest them.

“Some online blogs quoted me wrongly and the state command is not pleased with that.” Irene was quoted by the statement.

But CrossRiverWatch has maintained that the State Police Spokeswoman told their reporter on phone that Odok’s attack was related to a failed visa procurement deal between Odok and the lady whose first name we have obtained as ‘Grace’ from Yala LGA in northern Cross River state.

According to  Crossriverwatch, Irene said that the lady was still in police custody and was assisting the police in their hunt for her three male accomplices who perpetrated the crime.

In the conversation, she dismissed as “politics”, insinuations and suggestions that the attack on Odok was politically motivated.

CrossRiverWatch had claimed to be told by security sources that having been defrauded by Odok in the failed visa deal, the lady lured Odok to Zanzee bar in Calabar and called her boyfriend, Raphael Odu, a Director in the newly created Cross River State Homeland Security Department, who invited three armed male assailants who accosted Odok and unleashed violence on him leaving him with deep cuts on his right shoulder and breast.

Additional information as claimed by CrossRiverWatch from reliable security sources indicate that Odok and the lady had earlier met at Marina Resort in Calabar where Odok sought to date the lady but the lady resisted the advances and reported Odok to her boyfriend, Raphael Odu, who threatened to “deal with Odok.”

According to our source, after an unspecified time and having not been able to get hold of Odok or her money, the girl then hatched another plan with Raphael Odu.

“Raphael plotted with the girl and used someone who told Odok that she wanted to write a petition against Ayade and needed the legal services of Odok who is also a lawyer. They agreed on a legal fee for the job on phone and also agreed to meet at Zanzee bar. But all that was to lure Odok out. That was what led to the events at Zanzee bar that fateful day.”

Raphael Odu has been arrested by the Police and he is also assisting the police in tracking the three assailants that stabbed Odok.