Policemen Brutalise, Break Man’s Hand
Policemen Brutalise, Break Man’s Hand
Policemen working with the Divisional Police Officer, Awgu Police Division, CSP Benjamin Ugwui, have reportedly brutalised and broken the hand of Ikechukwu Uduji, a man who was arraigned with his boss, Ikechukwu Okolie, on a trumped-up charge of attempted murder.
Uduji’s left hand was broken while he was being held in prison in Enugu State, according to photos of the police attack on both him and Okolie that the source was able to secure on Wednesday.
The source had claimed on Monday that Ikechukwu Uduji, 23, and Ike Hulu Okolie, 38, were to be arrested and charged with extortion and demanding a refund after writing a petition against CSP Benjamin Ugwui, his Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Awgu Police Division. This was ordered by Enugu State Commissioner of Police Kanayo Uzuegbu.
According to the source, Ikechukwu Okolie and Ikechukwu Uduji, a collaborator, were taken into custody on Sunday, October 29, following his nephew’s commitment as a result of his refusal to remove himself from a petition alleging police extortion.
fraudulently taken out of his account N300,000. According to Okolie, he returned to the point-of-sale operator and demanded an instant credit back to his account. He claimed, “I told him I was going to report him to the Awgu Police Station, but Sunday denied everything and assured me that nothing bad would happen to him and that he would leave the station as soon as I did.
He was boasting as he comes from the same town in Abia State as the DPO (Divisional Police Officer) of the station, Isuochi.” Okolie stated he went to the Awgu Police Station and reported the issue.
“Before making an arrest, the police demanded that I pay N 20,000 for entry and file opening and N 36,000 more.” I sent N56,000 to them. “Mr. Sunday later had his POS machines impounded, but as he had boasted to me, he was freed without facing any charges.
I was compelled to report the incident to the Anti-Kidnapping Unit in Enugu due to the DPO and his DCO’s handling of it. “Mr. Sunday was asked to come right away with his point-of-sale (POS) devices, but he declined to bring them. Instead, he made the offer and deposited the funds into my account.”
Okolie went on to say that Mr. Sunday went back to the Awgu Police Station and informed the DPO of what had occurred at the unit in Enugu after they had left the Anti-Kidnapping Unit and returned to Awgu. “The DPO ordered my arrest right away, and as a result, my kid and I were placed under custody.
I was forced to transfer N35,000 to the personal account of the DCO, Sp. Kelvin Ugwu, with Account Number 0725545010, domiciled with FCMB on September 19, 2023, and as a result, we were kept for hours before we were eventually released,” he had disclosed.
