When I first read this news online, that a policeman
allegedly kidnap an 8-year old girl from her parent room while she was asleep and
hid her under his bed with her mouth
gagged and legs and hands tied as a typical nija man who never believe any
news, except the government propaganda emanated from my big ‘egbon’, Dr. Doyin Okupe,
I decided to call my friends in Nigeria, and he confirmed the story to be true.
Gbuchenge Augustine, a mobile policeman with force number
400823, that reside at Olufowob street, Ikosi-Ketu, Lagos,Nigeria, is now on
the run following a failed attempt to
allegedly use an eight-year old girl for ritual.
According to the
information gathered, the little girl identified as Amarachi, was found under
his bed in his one-room apartment at Olufowobi Street, Ikosi- Ketu with her
mouth gagged and legs and hands tied with injuries on her skull and neck.
This bad incident happened on Thursday evening
, April,24th, girl’s the father of the girl
returned from work, and noticed that Amarachi did not come to greet him as usual and when he queried his wife on
her whereabouts, he was told that she was asleep.
“I demanded to
see her and when they went to call her, she was nowhere to be found. Another
little child in the compound later said she saw “Oga Olopa” (the policeman)
carrying Amarachi in his arms from their room where she was sleeping, to his
room. You know, as a child, nobody took her seriously but the child insisted
that Amarachi was in the policeman’s room.
“The policeman,
we gathered, had before the incident, sent Amarachi to buy Akara (bean cake)
and recharge card at different times before she went to sleep.Mr Abakwan
said the policeman, who sat outside his room smoking, got up and pretending to
be angry, insisted that he was falsely accused.
The parents of
the girl later reported the incident at the Ketu Police Station and
investigation has commenced. The Police
detective was then sent to their home, peeped through the window of the
suspect’s room and found two human legs struggling to be freed. It was gathered
that the crowd at the scene later broke into the policeman’s room and set the
girl free.
“The man had
twisted her neck and used an object to break her skull thinking that she would
die in the process but God saved her. My interest was to save my daughter
first. We rushed her to Dafe Medical Hospital where they refused to admit her,”
the father narrated.
It was gathered
that the suspect used the opportunity of the ensuing confusion, to escape from
the crowd that had gathered in their residence, and had not returned as at
press time.
The state Police
Spokesperson,Ngozi Braide said the Police have started investigation to
ascertain if the suspect is truly a policeman.
The question i
want an urgent answer to is that in a position that a policeman is now involving
in kidnapping, who will now police the police?
The question i want an urgent answer to is that in a position that a policeman is now involving in kidnapping, who will now police the police?
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