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Emmanuel Macaulay, who resides at the Police Officers' Quarters in Ikeja, Lagos State, says his landlady, a female deputy superintendent of police, ordered his eviction and brutalisation.

Mr Macaulay petitioned the Commissioner of Police, Marvel Akpoyibo, over the issue. He said that in the morning of November 22, 2010, his landlady, Ngozi Judea, said to be serving at the Force Headquarters Annex in Obalende, came with thugs who she ordered to forcefully evict him from the one room he had rented from her since July 2009. "It was early in the morning at about 7am when she came with three guys," he said. "She used teargas on me. They beat me up, threw my things outside and threw me down the stair case. I was only in boxers (shorts) when one Okada man pitied me and took me to the police state command before I went for treatment at Plato Hospital, located at PWD Bus Stop in Ikeja. I was burning. My body was red as a result of the tear gas."

Mr Macaulay, who is a businessman and student at the University of Lagos, said in the course of the alleged brutality, he lost his Blackberry and Nokia mobile phones and the sum of N820,000 belonging to a client who had paid him for the purchase of a car. "Sir, please I want you to use your good office to look into this matter and ensure justice for the voiceless like me and help recover my stolen properties and money," read the letter which was acknowledged by the commissioner of police on the same day..

How it all began

According to Mr Macaulay, in June 2009 he met one Mama Ada, also resident in the same police quarters located along Oba Ladejobi Street. She acted as the agent who introduced him to Ms Judea. One month later, in the presence of his sister, Hope Macaulay, who was then five months pregnant, and Mama Ada, he said he handed Ms Judea N150,000 as two years rent payment for a one room in her boy's quarters; with his tenancy to elapse July 2011. He said six months into his tenancy, Ms Judea first expressed her disapproval over his fraternity with other residents of the police quarters. This later degenerated to her cutting his power supply when she asked him to pay exorbitant electricity fees. "Look at the wire which supplies me electricity from her house in front," he said. "She cut it just to ensure she frustrates me to leave before my rent expires. When she saw I connected my light from another tenant, she later called me one day on the phone and told me she wants me to pack from the BQ. She never even suggested wanting to refund my money. I don't know why but I suspect she wants to give the place to one man that has come here several times."

Never ending investigations

At the Police Provost Unit of the Lagos State Police Command, where Mr Akpoyibo referred the case to, it was discovered that all parties were invited in view of resolving the problem. An officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said M. Judea has not being cooperative with the case. "We investigated and we discovered she was at fault," he said. "But she is well connected and there are people who are covering her. But we've done our own and that is why we came and ordered he (Mr Macaulay) should move back in."

Subsequently, officers from the unit packed Mr Macaulay's property back into the house, and asked Ms Judea to refrain from further victimisation. The state police spokesperson, Frank Mba, said from his enquiry, Ms Judea did not collect any money from Mr Macaulay. "The matter is being investigated," he said. "But the lady in question says she gave him the place purely on humanitarian grounds. As regards the claims he was beaten, you can't see one sign of any injury. I mean if you see someone beaten, you will know. We should not allow ourselves to be used for blackmail."

But Mr Macaulay says he is bewildered and scared. "Why would she give me a place for free?," he said. "We are not family. There is nothing connecting us, except the money I gave her. Right now I am living here in fear. I am telling my story should anything happen to me so that the world knows."

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Etim Canice Okon, a naval officer, is trying to convince the Nigerian police in Calabar that he had not been raping his daughter, but cleaning her up when her cry attracted people to his house, leading to his arrest.

The 48-year-old officer, who said it was not unusual for babies to cry at that age, allegedly started sleeping with the toddler when she was just one year old and had previously threatened to send his wife packing should she report his action to family members or members of the public.

But news of the alleged assault eventually got out and a representative of the federation of women lawyers in Cross River State, Rosemary Onah, petitioned the state commissioner of Police and commissioner of Women Affairs on behalf of Mrs Etim, the victims’ mother over the rape.

Confirming the arrest of the victim, the state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Baba Ahmed said the suspect had raped his daughter about four times before the act became public, stressing that the incident started when the victim was only one year old.

“Raping of minors, especially one year old girls, is becoming rampant here. Maybe it is done for ritual purposes; if not, how come a man of almost 50 years of age will defile his daughter.

This is unbelievable and abominable”, Mr Ahmed said..

Prepared for court

He said the suspect will not be released until investigation is completed, adding that he will be taken to court as soon as possible to obtain a court order to remanded him in police custody pending further investigations.

“We are not going to release him on bail because the offence is criminal,” he said, “We will take him to court for court order which will enable us remand him in our custody for further investigations.” The Police Commissioner said the family has conducted medical examination on the baby, which confirmed that she had been raped several times.

“Our findings revealed that before now, the father of the victim was living together with the wife and six other children made up of five boys and a girl who is the victim of rape.

The poor girl happens to be his last born. This girl is likely to grow up with this trauma. How will she get over it?” he said.

Meanwhile, the mother and other children have relocated to an undisclosed apartment in Calabar where they are fending for themselves.

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Fake SSS officer nabbed after extorting N6.4m from victim
From GEOFFREY ANYANWU, Awka

Thursday, March 4, 2010
A staff member in the office of the Head of Service (HoS), Anambra State, Mr. Chibuzor Cyril, has been nabbed by the State Security Service (SSS), Anambra State Command for impersonation and extortion.

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PHOTO: SSS DG Gadzama

Paraded before newsmen yesterday, Chibuzor, who is in his late 30s was said to have posed as a staffer of the SSS and defrauded a businessman in the state to the tune of N6.4 million.

He was alleged to have been going about claiming to be an SSS officer and duping unsuspecting members of the public but luck ran out on him recently when the new state Director of the SSS, Mr. Ekpenyong Ita in the process of reorganisation, got a tip-off of the escapades of the fake officer.

Parading him, the state Director, Ita said Chibuzor had been collecting N31,250 weekly from the proprietor of a popular recreation centre in Awka, Be-Joy Centre and presented fake receipts he had been issuing the businessman.

He said Chibuzor had at the last count, collected a total of N6.4 million from the businessman and issued receipts for money collected. “He is a civil servant and he is working in the office of the Head of Service (HoS) of Anambra State. Since the year 2007, he has been going around business houses, impersonating the State Security Service and extorting money from them. He has also been acting as a clearing house and a go-between for kidnappers and their victims..

“In a particular incident he duped one businessman of about N6.4 million. He was collecting N31, 250 every week in the name of settling director of SSS and zonal director of SSS. As you know, there is nothing like zonal director of SSS, no nomenclature like that.

“He has been collecting money for birth experiences, death experiences, travelling money and the rest of them. He has been collecting this money since 2007 until the law caught up with him and we want to use this opportunity to inform Anambra people that our services are free,” the SSS boss said. The director further said Be-Joy proprietor was paying Chibuzor the sum of N31,250 every week to protect him from being kidnapped by hoodlums.

Ita, however, warned the public against going into business with anybody in the name of the SSS, stressing, “we do not collect money; we render services because we are here for the people. People like this use psychological intimidation to extort money from people.” Meanwhile, Chibuzor Cyril who is presently helping the SSS with its investigation confessed that he had been collecting N31,250 weekly from the owner of Be-Joy Centre Point, adding that the money collected was used to settle some personal problems.

The suspect, however, denied the allegation that he collected his victim’s Mercedes Benz car under false pretence, insisting that the businessman asked him to buy the vehicle if he could raise funds for it.
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