Vandals Cart Away Kanu Nwankwo’s Medals, Trophies, Plaques And Other Valuables In Lagos

Vandals Cart Away Kanu Nwankwo’s Medals, Trophies, Plaques And Other Valuables In Lagos

Former Super Eagles striker, Nwankwo Kanu just revealed how suspected
vandals invaded his Hardley Apartments situated along Waziri Ibrahim
Crescent on Victoria Island, and made away with his football medals,
trophies, plaques and other valuable items.

The
hotel has been sealed up since 2015 sequel to an alleged default in
transaction between it and Skye Bank (now Polaris Bank), leading to
series of litigation that is still pending at the Federal High Court,
Ikoyi, Lagos. The last hearing came up in November last year after which
the case was adjourned till 31 January 2019.

However, a shocked
Kanu, who was in London for the Yuletide, learnt from relatives and
business associates in Nigeria last week that the Apartments, with
registration number 509102, had been occupied by some authorized persons
who had also commenced renovation of the facility in disregard of the
seal order and litigation, forcing him to arrive in Nigeria over the
weekend to verify the claims.

“It was a rude shock to me,” Kanu, who fought back tears at what the
hitherto sprawling facility had become since the renovation started,
told TheCable. I almost couldn’t recognise the hotel as belonging to me
anymore. This is the saddest day of my life as I cannot understand why
this happen to me when the matter has yet to be settled in court.

“All
the medals I have earned, in addition to the Olympic torch that I
cherished are all gone and I don’t even know who to ask for all these
prized assets. This is unacceptable in all ramifications. I have not
been served any notice that I have lost this property and until I am
served the notice, it remains my legal property,” the former Super
Eagles’ captain said.

“Even cars and buses belonging to the hotel
can no longer be found and I wonder where they could have been moved to
without my knowledge,” Kanu further said, even as he lamented how the
four-year seal of the facility had adversely affected treatment for
numerous patients that his Kanu Heart Foundation planned to rescue from
their ailment.

“We have used proceeds from the hotel business to
effect treatment for the patients over the years and now we are being
forced to seek funds elsewhere, a situation that has stalled the
treatment considerably especially since 2016. During my service to this
country in football up to year 2000, I made many Nigerians happy. I
don’t think I deserve this sadness in retirement.”