Evans raises serious allegations against police officers Evans raises serious allegations against police officers
- Billionaire kidnapper Evans
accused the police of stealing cash, valuables from him - His lawyer wrote a
petition listing the items stolen - He also accused the police of molesting his
girlfriend Billionaire kidnapper Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as
Evans has raised serious allegations against police officers accusing them of
stealing money from his house. In a petition by Mr. Olukoya Ogungbeje who is
the counsel to the kidnapper, it was alleged that officers of the Inspector
General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team took cash and valuables from his
house.
- These allegations were contained
in the petition sent to the Police Service Commission, National Assembly, the
Inspector General of Police, the National Human Rights Commission, and Amnesty
International. The lawyer also accused the police of molesting Evans’
girlfriend, Amaka Offor.
Read the petition below:
“Our client has duly briefed us on the above
captioned subject matter involving the police officers and policemen attached
to the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team. “For the
avoidance of doubt, it is our secured brief that in the course of investigating
our client while being detained in the custody of the Inspector General of
Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) on the allegation of kidnapping, the
following under-listed items were forcefully and corruptly extorted from our
client.
“1. The sum of N50, 000,000 (Fifty
Million Naira) cash.
“2. Another sum of N5,000,000 (Five
Million Naira) sent by our client’s wife as pressured by the above policemen.
“3. Twenty-five (25) Mack Trucks
forcefully taken but not listed as exhibits in the ongoing criminal trial of
our client.
“4. Brigade wristwatch worth One
Hundred and Seventeen (117) Thousand U.S Dollars.
“5. Pendant cross worth Seventy (70)
Thousand U.S Dollars.
“6. Necklace worth Twenty-Five (25)
Thousand U.S Dollars.
“7. Virtu Phone worth Thirty (30)
Thousand U.S Dollars.
“8. Virtu Signature Phone worth
Seventeen (17) Thousand U.S Dollars.
“9. Ten (10) Thousand U.S Dollars
cash extorted by ASP Phillip Rieninwa.
“10. Five (5) Pieces of Saphono
Rucci Diamond Rings worth One Hundred (100) Thousand U.S Dollars.
“11. Lexus 470 Jeep.
“12. Grand Cherokee Jeep.
“13. L 400 Mitsubishi Bus.
“14. Toyota Highlander (Gold
Colour).
“15. Eighty-Five (85) Inches Samsung
Television set worth 6.5 Million Naira amongst others. “our client also
confided in us that one (Amaka Offor) his girlfriend was molested and abused by
the above policemen of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response
Team (IRT).”
“There is no gainsaying the fact
that it calls for prompt investigation, inquiry and appropriate sanctions. We
are using this medium as our own way of galvanizing institutional sanity,
cleansing and reform in the Nigeria Police Force as an institution. “As we
speak, the brother in law and other relations of our client are still being
detained and tortured by the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response
Team. Meanwhile, Justice Abdulazeez Anka of the Federal High Court, Lagos on
Wednesday, October 11, declined to hear a fundamental rights suit filed by
Evans. Evans is seeking N300 million damages for his illegal detention.
Evans the kidnapper lands in
Kirikiri prison after first appearance in court.
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