Mr. Olukoya Ogungbeje, Counsel to
billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, has
accused officers of the Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response
Team of extorting over N50m and other valuables worth millions of naira from
his clients.
Ogungbeje made the claims in a
petition to the Police Service Commission, PSC, National Assembly, the
Inspector General of Police, the National Human Rights Commission, and Amnesty
International.
In the petition, Ogungbeje also
accused the Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team of sexually
molesting Evans’ girlfriend, Amaka Offor.
The petition is captioned: “The
Evans Case and Saga: Brazen Extortion, Corruption, Gross Misconduct,
Indiscipline, Sexual Molestation and Human Rights Violation Against the
Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team Police Officers and
Policemen.”
The petition reads, “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 sexually molested and abused by the
above policemen of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team
(IRT).”
Ogungbeje called on the Police
Service Commission to probe his allegations and invoke appropriate sanctions
including dismissal against the culpable police officers.
“Sir, you would agree with us
that these allegations are too weighty to be ignored by any right-thinking
Nigerian.
“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 (IR
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