Demolition of visually impaired man’s house: Police alleged compromise upsets Enugu community

An Abuja-essentially essentially based attorney, Barr Ejike Ugwu has accused the police of compromise of their handling of a case though-provoking a visually impaired man, Elder Anibueze Nnadi Ozor, an indigene of Enugu Inform.

Ugwu mentioned if the actions of the police officers fervent weren’t checkmated, peace was as soon as below probability within the sufferer’s neighborhood.

Anibueze is from Ihekwuenu-Aku Autonomous Neighborhood, Igbo-Etiti Native Authorities Dwelling of Enugu Inform.

DAILY POST remembers that Anibueze’s home was as soon as demolished on the alleged orders of the former passe ruler of the neighborhood, Chief Christopher Ozor.

The incident, which attracted outrage in 2021, resulted in the suspension of the passe ruler by then Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.

The residence, which was as soon as later rebuilt by some steady Samaritans, was as soon as brought down yet again by the identical folks.

Nevertheless, three years after, the case is yet to make any appreciable progress despite several letters written by the sufferer’s counsel to the police hierarchy.

DAILY POST equally remembers that in November 2023, the Enugu Inform chapter of the Joint Nationwide Association of Other folks with Disabilities, JONAPWD, demanded justice over the demolition of the 66-365 days-frail visually impaired man’s home.

They made the quiz all the plot by a press convention addressed by the chairman of JONAPWD, Enugu Inform, Comrade Onyebuchi Mba.

In a most modern letter addressed to the Deputy Inspector Traditional of Police, the attorney accused the crew working below the Commissioner of Police, Admin, PSFU, of compromising investigation on the topic.

He recalled within the letter that in a petition dated 20/09/2021, a case of alleged “Cultism, Housebreaking, Unlawful Possession of Firearms, Malicious Injury to Space Dwelling and Attempted Execute”, was as soon as filed against Messrs. Chinonso Okwor, Ifunanya Okwor, Kenechukwu Ani, One Sammy and others, moreover to Mr. Christopher Okwor, the suspended Old Ruler.

The attorney claimed within the petition that one Kenechukwu Ani was as soon as arrested at the scene and he confessed to the following:

“That he was as soon as contacted by one Sammy, who works with the two sons of the suspended Igwe.

“That he was as soon as at the scene when the demolition was as soon as conducted and he mentioned some names, together with the sons of the suspended Igwe.

“That they were all armed, and that they maliciously broken the self-discipline home of the visible impaired man.”

Ugwu, then yet again, expressed regret that despite having the guidelines of the confession of the suspect arrested at the scene of the crime, “the officers after though-provoking the alleged sponsor, Mr. Christopher Okwor released him inside Akanu Ibiam Worldwide Airport, Enugu.

“The officers performed down on the investigation to enable the suspended Igwe to send his early life birth air the country and enable the suspended Igwe to initiate varied cases inside your leer leaving the first case unattended.

“Mr. Christopher Okwor was as soon as suspended by the Enugu Inform Authorities upon discovery of his role and involvement within the case and asked that a diligent investigation be conducted.

“There are two varied cases sooner than the FCIID Annex, Enugu at this time by Mr. Christopher Okwor. He has been harassing our client and any one perceived to be against his motion.

“There might be additionally yet another petition sooner than the Police Particular Fraud Unit on the identical topic topic fabric at Dwelling 10, Abuja.

“The duplication of the case file might perchance accumulated be frowned at, condemned and be discontinued because it’s miles a technique deployed by the suspended Igwe to frustrate investigation and get cling of a technique of lifting his suspension by all technique.

“The visually impaired man except date is left to be drowsing birth air and uncovered to hazard as the aim of the suspended Igwe is to send him to an early grave and take over his land.”

The attorney instructed the Deputy IGP that “the motion and recount of no process of the boys of CP Admin if not checked might perchance consequence in occasions resorting to self-reduction and that will consequence in breakdown of Public Peace.”

He entreated the Police Chief to “teach your steady offices to uncover a straight away harmonization of the case file to a crew that will be fair to all occasions and raise out investigation and verify that that every particular person culprits are brought to book.”

Efforts to compile reaction from the police did not yield consequence as of the time of submitting this file.