Must Read: The Injustice of Nigerian Police Against Chukwunenye Nweke

Press Release
No 2B Achutu Street Umudioka Village, Awka,Anambra State,
22nd April, 2020.

The Chairman,
Police Service Commission ( PSC),
Secretariat Complex, Shehu Shagari Way,
Abuja.

Sir,

HUMAN RIGHTS CRIMES , ABUSE OF RULE OF LAW AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY ON THE PART OF BARRISTER U. S. EKPO, THE ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE( AIG) ZONE9, OC LEGAL DEPARTMENT ZONE9, SUPOL OBIAGELI, OKO SOLOMON, OC MONITORING UNIT ZONE9 AND OC CRACK SQUAD ZONE9

On behalf of Mr Chukwunenye Nweke of the above contacts, a member of Nweke Family and our brother, whose life have been seriously threatened and his fundamental human rights to justice, non discriminatory action, and freedom of information have been subsequently violated by the aforesaid police personnel attached to Zone9 Police Headquarters Umuahia, Abia State, and who we shall be referring to as our brother and complainant in this letter, we write you as human rights defender and anti corruption agency as follows:

There have been a protracted land boundary tussle between our family and the following parties; Dr.Mrs. Aguiyi Anuli Ihuoma of Nwafor Orizu College of Education Nsugbe,Anambra State ,Chief Chukwuka Onuko,Mr. Ndu Onuko and Mrs. Ogochukwu Ikunne, who trespassed into our family compound.

Thereafter, our brother reported the act of trespass to the highest authority in the village,Ndi Ichie Umudioka Village, and Ndi Ichie in their mediation asked Chief Chukwuka to re roof his house to prevent water from his house from causing environmental havoc in our own house.

Consequent upon the verdict of the village, our brother was assaulted and threatened to be killed ,kidnapped and accused of criminal acts before police by Dr. Aguiyi Anuli ,Ogochukwu Ikunne and two others, thus on 13th March,2013, our brother reported the matter to C.P.S .Awka,and the case was assigned to the section headed by one Uwem Friday for investigation.

On 22nd March,2013, Dr.Mrs. Aguiyi Anuli Ihuoma and Ogochukwu Ikunne came to Central Police Station ( C.P.S.), Awka and stated respectively that, for two and ten years they have not seen our brother and have no issue of whatsoever with him . Ogochukwu Ikunne further stated that, she didn’t know our brother in person. But during police interview at C.P.S,Awka, on Tuesday 16th April,2013, organized by the I.P.O Uwem Friday and his colleagues, our brother adduced an audio record of what transpired,hence Uwem Friday advised all parties to comeback to the station on Thursday 18th April,2013,for the DPO to make final decision on the case.

That our brother was till inside his room on 18/4/13, preparing for C.P.S,Awka, when some police personnel from D13 State C.I.D,Awka,headed by Inspector Sunny Eziwho, stormed our house and arrested our brother, Chukwunenye Nweke, on alleged attempted kidnapping, malicious car damage and threatening violence. The arrest of our brother by the personnel of State C. I. D. Awka , was sequel to the petition dated, 17th April,2013 , addressed to Anambra State Police Command by Dr.Mrs. Aguiyi Anuli Ihuoma,Mr. Ndu Onuko and Mrs Ogochukwu Ikunne.

That Dr. Aguiyi Anuli Ihuoma and others mentioned above in their petition to Anambra State COP, asserted that on 23rd February, 2013, around evening hours , our brother and others attempted to kidnap and kill Dr. Mrs. Aguiyi Anuli Ihuoma, and the said petition was addressed to police by Dr. Aguiyi ,Mr. Ndu Onuko and Mrs. Ogochukwu Ikunne few days after they had stated at C.P. S, Awka, in March,2013 , that, they have not seen our brother for years .

Lo and behold, on Monday 13th May,2013, our brother was charged to Chief Magistrate Court,Awka, by State C.I.D,Awka, in respect with; COP VS Chukwunenye Nweke,Charge no; MAW/ 140C/2013.

However, Chukwunenye Nweke’s harassment and persecution by police personnel under the command of AIG Zonr9 started when a police lawyer,Barr. Augustine Ogbo, who was assigned to prosecute the matter in court denied Chukwunenye Nweke access to the documents transferred from C.P.S,Awka, hence, Chukwunenye Nweke petitioned Barr. Augustine Ogbo severally to the Anambra State COP and the presiding Court2,respectively.

In bid their bid to escape justice, the prosecution lead council, Barr. Augustine Ogbo and his colleagues connived with Dr. Aguiyi Anuli Ihuoma,Ogochukwu Ikunne and Mr. Ndu Onuko to falsify the originally transferred documents from C.P.S.Awka, hence, Chukwunenye Nweke petitioned AIG Zone9 on 10th July, 2014, to investigate his prosecutors and investigators at State C.I. D,Awka on abuse of legal system, aiding and abetting forgeries, perjurious acts and perversion of real course of Justice.

More so, on 21st October, 2014, and 7th December,2015,and respectively, our brother wrote to AIG Zone9 Police Headquarters Umuahia, requesting for the investigation of Barr. Augustine Ogbo and others on criminal obstruction of justice and abuse of court procedure, but justice was not done to our brother ‘s complaints to Zone9.

That the officers of AIG Zone9 sat on the petitions addressed to Zone9 by the complainant. The admin officers at Zone9 asserted that AIG Zone9 had subjected all the affected police officers to orderly trial but til this date , Zone9 has not made its investigations on the series of letters it received from our brother ,known. Copy of the said petition dated, 7th December, 2015 addressed to AIG Zone9 is attached for your perusal.

Having noted that AIG Zone9 was not eager to probe police officers under his command for corruption, in November, 2017 , Chukwunenye Nweke approached High Court,Awka ,and filed a fundamental suit against Dr.Aguiyi Anuli Ihuoma,Chief Chukwuka Onuko,Mrs Ogochukwu Ikunne and Anambra State Police . Anambra State Commissioner of Police did not file any court paper, but Dr. Aguiyi Anuli ,Ndu Onuko ,Ogochukwu Ikunne and Ichie Chukwuka Onuko did; behold, Dr. Aguiyi Anuli Ihuoma,Chief Chukwuka Onuko, and two others conspired among others at large to fabricated another version of false exhibits and affirmations which they used to deceive Justice Sylvester Nnamdi Odili of the Anambra State High Court,Awka and obtained court judgment by fraud against our brother in respect with the suite no; A/ MISC.305/2017, filed by our brother.

In wake of the said court verdict obtained by fraud and inducement of corrupt police officers to fabricated evidence, our brother petitioned various authorities; on 20th July,2018 , Chukwunenye Nweke petitioned AIG Zone9, again, to investigate Dr. Aguiyi Anuli Ihuoma, Chief Chukwuka Onuko ,Mr. Ndu Onuko , Ogochukwu Ikwunne and corrupt police personnel that aided the falsification of documents.

The said petition addressed to AIG Zone9 on 20th July, 2018,by the complainant was minuted to OC Crack Squad Zone9; Supol Obiageli, Obinna and OC Crack Squad, for investigations. At the commencement of the said investigations, Crack Squad demanded for the original copy of exhibits cited in the petitions addressed to Zone9 by our brother and our brother duly annexed the said exhibits to his Crack Squad Zone9 Police Statement Paper dated, 20th July ,2018.

That at the climax of the investigations, Crack Squad Zone9 noted that, senior police officers and lawyers were deeply indicted by its findings, hence Supol Obiageli and OC Crack Squad decided to handle the matter with provocative impunity thus, the complainant restored to use Facebook, blogs, and other media outlets to expose the plot to pervert justice by Crack Squad Zone9.

Sequel to the media attacks our brother launched at Crack Squad Zone9 for criminal obstruction of justice, AIG Zone9 directed Monitoring Unit Zone 9; Oko Solomon and his OC, to arrest our brother on alleged defamation, attempted kidnapping and threat to life.

Behold, when Chukwunenye Nweke was arrested by Oko Solomon and Oc Monitoring Unit Zone9 on alleged defamation and other crimes, Chukwunenye Nweke handed over the copy of C.P.S.Awka police statement papers of Dr. Aguiyi Anuli and Ogochukwu Ikunne, Full Police Report From C.PS.A and the false exhibits to Monitoring Unit Zone9 in order to establish the facts of his publications.

But to make sure that our brother never gets justice, both Crack Squad Zone9 and Monitoring Unit Zone 9 Police officers connived to aid Dr. Mrs. Aguiyi Ihuoma , Chief Chukwuka Onuko, Mrs. Ogochukwu Ikunne,Mr. Ndu Onuko and the affected police officers, to twist the cases and also denied the complainant right to the evidence in the matters when the complainant respectively applied for the said evidence, held by Crack Squad and Monitoring Unit Zone9.

Thus, in light of the above, on 7th January, 2019, our brother reported Crack Squad and Monitoring Unit Zone9 to AIG Zone9 to investigate the professional misconduct on the parts of Crack Squad and Monitoring Unit,Zone9 personnel , who were collaborating with Dr. Aguiyi Anuli and col accusers to obstruct justice but justice was not done to our brother’s complaints against Crack Squad and Monitoring Unit police personnel .All our brother’s letters to Zone9 were discharged with provocative impunity. Copies of the petitions to AIG Zone9 on 20th July,2018 and 7th January, 2019 are annexed .

That on 29th January, 2019, and 2nd May,2019, respectively, the complainant addressed another application letters to AIG Zone9, Anambra State CP, Oc Legal Zone9, U.S. Ekpo ,OC Monitoring Unit ,and OC Crack Squad Zone9, applying for CTC of his police statement papers at Crack Squad Zone9, Crack Squad Zone9 Police Statement paper of Uwem Friday, and other documentary evidence in the cases for documentary reasons but his applications were not granted by the above stated officers attached to Zone9 Command. Copy of the said letter addressed to AIG Zone9 on 29th January, 2019 and 2nd May,2019 are hereby attached for your perusal.

That despite all the documents our brother listed in his application letters to AIG Zone9 are all within the custody of AIG Zone9,Supol Obiageli,Oko Solomon,U.S.Ekpo Esq and other named as above, AIG and his aforesaid police officers have refused to release the said documents.

AIG Zone9 asserted that he had ordered OC Legal Office Zone9 to compile the case file investigated by Crack Squad Zone 9 and Monitoring Unit Zone9 and issue them to Mr. Chukwunenye Nweke, and Oc Legal on his part alleged that he had directed one of his officers, Barr. U.S. Ekpo to certify and issue all the documents to Mr. Chukwunenye Nweke as applied. While Supol Obiageli and OC Crack Squad Zone9, Oko Solomon and OC Monitoring Unit Zone9 asserted that they have handed over the case files to U. S. Ekpo for certification and issuance but Barr. Ekpo denied having the Crack Squad Zone9 Police Statement paper of Mr. Chukwunenye Nweke, Dr. Aguiyi Anuli,Uwem Friday, Crack Squad Comprehensive and preliminary investigation reports and other documents contained in the annexed application letter in his custody.

Later, Supol Obiageli, Oko Solomon, OC Legal, Oc Crack Squad and others asked the complainant to get court mandamus, mandating AIG Zone9 to release all the applied evidence which are under the custody of Zone9 Police Command.

Meanwhile, as a result of lack of respect for human rights and rule of law by the above mentioned police personnel attached to Zone9 Police Command, the complainant staged series of protests in Awka, Anambra State to draw the attention of well meaning Nigerians and relevant authorities in the country to intervene in his plight at the hands of the said personnel.

The complainant in his series of placards said : ” I have done what is required of me by law. That Dr. Aguiyi Anuli Ihuoma and others obtained Court verdict/ judgement by fraud, inducement of corrupt police officers, perjurious acts, fabrication of forged exhibits and I repeatedly reported them to Anambra state Commissioner of police and AIG Zone9, U. S. Ekpo Esq,OC Legal should provide me with the materials in my case.

” Dr. Aguiyi Anuli ,Chief Chukwuka Onuko and others obtained court judgment by fraud,inducement of corrupt police officers, fabrication of false exhibits and oaths, but AIG Zone9 ,Oko Solomon, Supol Obiageli and col are sheiding them from the wrath of the law. Photos of the complainant bearing placards with the stated descriptions among others are annexed.

In spite of the gratifications Oko Solomon ,Oc Monitoring Unit Zone9 and col officers derive from encroaching on Chukwunenye Nweke fundamental rights and abuse of legal procedures, they have been threatening the life of Chukwunenye Nweke for insisting that they( U.S. Ekpo Esq,Oko Solomon and and col officers) are aiding and abetting human rights violations, abuse of rule of law and corrupt practices.

That Oko Solomon,Supol Obiageli,AIG Zone 9,U.S. Ekpo and col officers despite asserting that Dr. Aguiyi Anuli Ihuoma,Chief Chukwuka Onuko, Mrs. Ogochukwu Ikunne and Mr. Ndi Onuko did not obtain court judgment by fraud, fabricated evidence and misleading the court with fraudulent documents and oaths yet Supol Obiageli,OC Legal, U.S. Ekpo ,AIG Zone9 and others refused to grant the complainant right to requisite materials in the matters; AIG Zone9 and his officers said wihout proof( s) that the complainant defamed the reputations of Dr. Aguiyi Ihuoma and col accusers but Supol Obiageli Col refused to release police reports and other vital documents applied by the complainant to prove his innocence; Oko Solomon alongside some police officers had attempted to re arrest the complainant in the evening hours of Monday 23rd March,2020, for insisting and broadcasting the gross abuse of justice and rule of law by the aforesaid police personnel.

It is finally to state Sir that, we have written to IG of police but justice has not been done to our petition to Police Headquarters, Abuja,as Oko Solomon and col accused have refused to transfer their responses to IG,for further action.

It is in the interest of Justice; preservation of rule of law and human rights Sir that, we write for your intervention.

It is very pertinent to note categorically ,Sir that:

(1). Suit no; A/ MISC.305/2017, was obtained by fraud, inducement of corrupt police officers to produce fraudulent exhibits and false oaths by Dr. Aguiyi Anuli Ihuoma,Chief Chukwuka Onuko, Mrs. Ogochukwu Ikunne and Mr. Ndu Onuko, and according to an authority cited by the Anambra State Chief Judge, to set set aside the said suit, a fresh suit shall be filled, thus, the police investigation reports,police statement papers and other exhibits seized by AIG on the case of fraud and other criminal acts addressed to him by Chukwunenye ,are required for the fresh suit.

(2). Based on freedom of information act(FOI), AIG Zone9, U. S. Ekpo, Oc Legal, OC Crack Squad and Supol Obiageli are mandated to tender/ release the Crack Squad Zone9 Police Statement papers of all parties, exhibits and police investigation reports conducted by Cracks Zone9 and other sections on the case of fraud,false information, inducement of corrupt police staff ,forgeries and other crimes when the complainant wrote to AIG Zone9 requesting for information on his petitions dated, 7th December, 2015, 20th July,2018, and 7th January, 2019.

(3). It is instructive to note Sir that, despite the complaints laid to Zone9 by the complainant are reports on sharp practices and other crimes involving police officers under Zone9 Command,Umuahia and the above named civilians, thus it is an act of criminal suppression of justice, discrimination, inhuman act,lack of transparent policing, partiality ,aiding and abetting fraud, perjurious acts, falsification of documents, inducement of public officers, false information to police and other criminal acts masterminded by Dr. Aguiyi Anuli Ihuoma and col accusers, for Supol Obiageli, Oko Solomon, OC Crack Squad Zone9, U.S. Ekpo Esq,OC Legal Zone9 and col police officers to deliberately and constantly infringed on the complainant’ s fundamental right to the investigation reports, his Crack Squad Zone9 Police Statement ,Crack Squad Zone9 Police Statement of Uwem Friday, Crack Squad Zone9 Police Statement Paper of Dr. Aguiyi Anuli Ihuoma and other requisite materials contained in Mr. Chukwunenye Nweke ‘s application letters,dated ,29th January, 2019, and 2nd May,2019, addressed to AIG Zone9 on the said dates.

(4). It is important to note Sir that AIG Zone9 upon the receipt of the application letters for CTC of the documentary evidence in the cases, is expected to release all the applied evidence as prescribed by Freedom Of Information ACT, therefore, it is an abuse of rule of law for AIG Zone9 and his officers to entreat the said letters with distain impunity.

(5). Our mother, Mrs. Grace Nweke has been traumatized and vested with gruesome physiologically issues brought upon her by the sudden twist of facts / subversion of justice and human rights crimes,aiding and abetting abuse of legal system, fraud,perjurious acts by U. S. Ekpo Esq, Supol Obiageli,AIG Zone9 and col officers.

Appeals

A. It is gross violation of the fundamental human rights of Chukwunenye Nweke to justice, non discriminatory act and freedom of information for AIG Zone9, U.S. Ekpo ,Supol Obiageli, OC Crack Squad Zone9 and others to obstruct justice in order to conceal corrupt practices, thus, we pray you as a body that protects fundamental human rights to use your good office to compel/ force AIG Zone9, U. S. Ekpo Esq,Supol Obiageli, Oko Solomon ,OC Monitoring Unit Zone9, OC Crack Squad Zone9 to certify and release the Crack Squad Zone9 Police statement papers and investigation reports, Monitoring Unit Zone9 police reports and other materials in the matter in total compliance the application letters dated, 29th January 2019 and 2nd May 2019.

B. We pray your agency to discipline whoever found culpable by your investigation.

We shall be counting on your mediation,
Signed,

Ifeyinwa Nweke Ndidi Mama , Ekene Nweke ( Siblings to the suspect/ defendant/ Mr. Chukwunenye Nweke).

Contacts To The Accused Persons:
(1) U. S. Ekpo Esq, Legal Department Zone9 Police Headquarters, Umuahia; 08060133249.
(2) Supol Obiageli, Crack Saquad Zone 9 Police Headquarters, Umuahia; 09073675839.
(3) Oko Solomon,Monitoring Unit Zone 9 Police Headquarters, Umuahia; 08067685433.
(4) AIG Zone 9 Police Headquarters, Umuahia, Abia State,08034009245, 08120861010.
(5). OC Legal, Zone9 Police Headquarters, Umuahia.
(6) OC Monitoring Unit,Zone9 Police Headquarters, Umuahia
(7) OC Crack Squad, Zone9 Police Command, Umuahia.