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Evans: Police extorted N55m, sexually molesting kidnapper’s girlfriend –Lawyer
Officers of the Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team have been accused of extorting money, other valuables running into millions of naira as well as sexually molesting Amaka Offor, the girlfriend of kinapper Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike alias Evans.
The allegation was made by the alleged kidnapper’s lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje in a petition he sent to the Police Service Commission (PSC) on Friday.
A copy of the petition was also sent to the National Assembly, the Inspector General of Police, the National Human Rights Commission, and Amnesty International.
The lawyer noted in the petition that “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.”
The petition was 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 read in part, “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.
“The sum of N50, 000,000 (Fifty Million Naira) cash; another sum of N5,000,000 (Five Million Naira) sent by our client’s wife as pressured by the above policemen. Twenty-five (25) Mack Trucks forcefully taken but not listed as exhibits in the ongoing criminal trial of our client; Brigade wristwatch worth one hundred and seventeen (117) thousand U.S Dollars.”
Other items allegedly extorted from Evans include “Pendant cross worth seventy (70) thousand U.S Dollars; Necklace worth twenty-five (25) thousand U.S Dollars; Virtu Phone worth thirty (30) thousand U.S Dollars; Virtu Signature Phone worth seventeen (17) thousand U.S Dollars; Ten (10) thousand U.S Dollars cash allegedly extorted by ASP Phillip Rieninwa.
he lawyer further listed “Five (5) pieces of Saphono Rucci diamond rings worth one hundred (100) thousand U.S Dollars; Lexus 470 Jeep; Grand Cherokee Jeep; L 400 Mitsubishi bus; Toyota Highlander (Gold Colour); Eighty-five (85) inches Samsung Television set worth 6.5 Million Naira” amongst others as items also extorted from Evans by police.
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“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),” the petition read,” the lawyer added.
He therefore urged the PSC to probe the alleged incident and ensure that right sanctions including dismissal were meted out to the officers involved in the act.
He said, “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 (IRT) without being arraigned before a Court of law.”
Evans had in August this year pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy and kidnapping. He is currently awaiting court sentencing at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Lagos.
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