The Nigerian Police has denied allegations made by Olukoya Ogungbeje, attorney to a notorious kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans.
The lawyer had accused officers of the Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team of extorting money and valuables running into hundreds of millions of naira from his client. The attorney also accused the officers of sexually molesting Evans’ girlfriend, Amaka Offor.
Reacting to this issue in a statement, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Jimoh Moshood disclosed that virtually all items erroneously claimed by the attorney to have been forcefully and corruptible extorted from his clients were found out to have been exaggerated.
He added that all monetary exhibits and other valuable properties, including houses and exotic vehicles, were not extorted but recovered by the IGP intelligence response Team during the investigation into several cases of kidnap, murder, armed robbery and other capital offences linked to ‘Evans’ and were duly registered and will be tendered in court as exhibits.
“It is pertinent to disabuse the minds of mindsblic who must have read the story that no police personnel within the team or anywhere else involved in the investigation of all the cases linked to Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike (Popularly known as Evans) engage in any sexual molestation of the alleged Evans’ girlfriend, Amaka Offor as claimed.
“This allegation is entirely untrue and incorrect. The Police Force sees these publications as a deliberate distraction and ill motives by Olukoya Ogungbeje to pervert the end justice.
He is advised to face his client’s case in court and not misleading the public. The force hereby enjoined members of the public to disregard and discountenance the unfounded publications”.
