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  • Police arrest ‘doctor’ for alleged sale of week-old baby

    Police arrest ‘doctor’ for alleged sale of week-old baby

    A self-styled doctor, Olawale Omolaja, has been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly selling a week-old baby without the mother’s consent.

    He was arrested with the couple, Dele and Radiat Onogbile,  who took the baby, after paying N136,000, as advance.

    The suspects were nabbed after the couple’s landlady at Mile 12 discovered that the woman had a new born baby without being pregnant.

    The surprised landlady was said to have notified the Ketu Police Division of the suspicious presence of a new born baby in the couple’s home.

    Upon interrogation,  it was discovered that Omolaja, billed the couple N300,000 for the baby, whose mother allegedly kept in his care.

    Although the baby’s mother, Idiat Babatunde, who claimed she was a student at the Offa Polytechnic in Kwara State, said she gave Omolaja her baby in order to go and complete her clearance in school, The Nation gathered that she knew about the sale of her child.

    Idiat, 39, alleged that she left the baby in Omolaja’s care because he’s a doctor and a friend to her husband.

    It was gathered that Idiat collected N70,000 from the 136,000 before leaving for school.

    She was said to have given the baby up because her supposed husband, Akiola, abandoned her after impregnating her and relocated to Rivers State.

    Unable to fend for the child a week after it was born, she handed over the baby to Omolaja, who has been the Onogbiles’ doctor since 2009.

    The Nation gathered that the couple’s marriage was at the brink of collapse as a result of childlessness, and that they were separated until the baby was handed over to them on September 14.

    But Idiat denied giving up her baby or collecting any money, stating that she could not carry the child to school because it would have been difficult for her to cope.

    She claimed she still had a missing script and had no place of her own, adding that she always called Omolaja to check on the child.

    She said: “I gave birth in September 5 and on September 13, I gave the baby to Dr. Omolaja because I needed to go back to school in order to complete my clearance so that I can go for NYSC with the next batch.

    “I gave him the baby because I was having issues with my husband and we have been separated. I planned to spend two weeks in school and two weeks in Lagos.

    “But that same week that I went to school, I received a call that I should come and identify my baby at Ketu police station. I was surprised because I did not know what my baby could be doing in Ketu.

    “I stay at Ipaja with my cousin and he (Omolaja) stays in Ipaja too. My husband is a driver and since we had accommodation problem, he has moved to Port Harcourt.

    “So, I called my husband and told him. He said he would come to Lagos since it concerned his baby.

    “So, I quickly left school and came to Lagos and that was how I knew that he sold my baby for N300,000 and that they were caught because the landlady of the people who bought the baby suspected something was wrong.”

    But the Onogbiles said they were shocked when the mother of the child surfaces.

    Mrs. Onogbile,  35, said she and her husband repeatedly asked Omolaja about the mother of the child but he told them not to worry.

    “I have known him for many years now. He is the one treating me. since I got married in 2009, I have been having miscarriage and it was causing problem in my marriage.

    “He used to tell us to adopt but my husband never liked the idea. In fact, I have even moved out of my husband’s house and was living on my own.

    “It was the baby that brought us together again. He told me and my husband about the baby and that we should adopt her. We asked where the parents of the baby are but he said we should not worry about the parents.

    “So, we asked for adoption documents and he said he would bring it. We paid N136,000. I brought half and my husband brought the other half. We agreed for N300,000,” she said.

    However, Omolaja claimed that he did not sell the baby and only wanted the couple to adopt her.

    He claimed he did not collect the money from them, but asked them to hold it so that he could take them to Alausa for the processing of relevant ‘adoption’ papers.

    Omolaja said Idiat handed over the baby to him because she could not take care of the child, adding that he wanted the couple, who had the means, to take care of her.

    He said: “I did not sell the baby. It was adoption paper I wanted them to go and do. Idiat left the baby in my care and she was aware of the adoption.

    “I did not collect any money from them. I told them to hold N130,000 and follow me to Alausa so that we can do the documents.

    “I am not a doctor, I am a trado-medical person. I don’t have any hospital. We did everything in my house. I knew the couple (Onogbiles) while we were at Oshodi. But Idiat and her husband are my family friends.”

    Briefing reporters on the development,  the Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni said the suspects – Omolaja and the couple who bought the baby- would be charged to court after the holiday.

  • Fake doctor gets two years

    In Akure Chief Magistrate’s Court has sentenced 30-year-old Wembe Martins to two years imprisonment for presenting himself as a medical doctor.

    Magistrate Olubunmi Dosunmu also found Martins guilty of illegally operating a hospital.

    Chief Magistrate Dosunmu said the prosecution has proved the case beyond reasonable doubt that the convict presented himself as a medical doctor without requisite qualification and also administered treatment to people when he was not eligible to do so.

    The convict, a Cameroonian, who operated “Modern Specialist Hospital” with branches in the state, was arrested in April 2014 and charged to court on a single count charge of holding himself out as a medical doctor without requisite qualification or registration.

    This is contrary to Section 17(1) and punishable under Section 17(5) of the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act Cap M Laws of the federation of Nigeria, 2014.

    The magistrate pronounced Martins guilty and sentenced him to two years imprisonment from the date he was arraigned in court.

    The Prosecution Counsel, Wale Bamisile, described the judgment as victory for the judiciary.

     

  • Osun worker had depression, says doctor

    The family doctor of a sanitation officer in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State has refuted the report linking his patient’s suicide attempt to unpaid salaries.

    Last week, a newspaper reported that Olufemi Owolabi attempted to commit suicide because he had not been paid.

    But Dr. Ishaq Opakunle said Owolabi had clinical depression, which sometimes lead to suicide.

    He said tests carried out on Owolabi and inquiries from his family showed that he had attempted  to commit suicide in the past.

    The doctor said he gathered from the family that depression led his patient to relocate from the North some years back

    Opakunle said: “He (Owolabi) looked unkempt, depressed, and haggard.

    “He was vomiting and weak. I was told he drank herbicide.

    “I asked the patient why he attempted to commit suicide, but he refused to answer.

    “His mother said he tried to take his life when he was   in the North. It is most likely once a man attempts suicide, he may attempt it again.”

    Mrs Rachael Owolabi said her husband did not attempt suicide because of unpaid salaries.

    She said he was not the only unpaid worker in the state.

    Mrs. Owolabi said her husband  had been battling depression.

    The patient’s sister, Mrs. Yemisi Oladipupo, who also works in the local government, said her brother’s  suicide attempt should not be linked to unpaid salaries.

    She said: “The incident cannot be connected to unpaid salaries at all. Though, our salary arrears have not been paid up to date, people have started receiving alert for February salary now. So, why would he kill himself because of salary?

    “I believe it was the devil at work and it is a family affair. I see no reason why our family should be dragged into politics.

    “The detractors goofed when they said he is a senior civil servant; he is a Level 4 officer.”

    The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), David Owoeye, denied speaking to reporters on the matter.

  • Doctor remanded for alleged N13.5m fraud

    An Ikeja High Court in Lagos yesterday ordered that Dr Obinna Monagor be remanded in prison for alleged fraudulent conversion of N13.5 million.

    Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye ordered the remand of the defendant following his arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a one-count charge of stealing by fraudulent conversion.

    Monago, 62, who lives on Alhaji Masha Road, Surulere, Lagos, will remain in prison pending the perfection of the N5 million bail conditions.

    Monagor, according to the EFCC counsel, Mr Ademola Omeiza, sometime in 2010, approached the complainant, Mr Godwin Achi, that he had a three-storey building for sale.

    Omeiza said the property, on Tade Aromolate Close in William Estate, Surulere, Lagos, was offered to the complainant for N150 million.

    He said the complainant paid the first instalment, but could not pay the balance following his inability to obtain bank loan.

    The EFCC counsel said Achi finally got the loan in 2012, but discovered that the said property had been sold to another party, Edscob Suites.

    The prosecutor said following the development, the complainant demanded the refund of his deposit but the company declined to pay him.

    He said Achi was compelled to petition EFCC following the defendant’s refusal to pay back the money one year after the deal.

    The commission, the prosecution said investigated the transaction, adding that the outcome informed Monagor’s arrest and trial.

    He said the defendant’s action contravened under Sections 390 (8) (b) and (9) of the Criminal Code Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2003.

    Monagor pleaded not guilty.

    Defence counsel Dr Muiz Banire applied for his client’s bail.

    The prosecution did not oppose the application.

    Justice Ipaye granted the defendant N5 million bail with two sureties in the like sum.

    The judge directed that one of the sureties must be the defendant’s relation, adding that they should produce evidence of three years tax payment.

    She adjourned the matter to June 24.

     

     

  • A veterinary doctor

    A veterinary doctor

    A Vet doctor as they are often called is a person trained in treating the diseases of animals.

    Do you love animals and pets?

    Then think about studying Veterinary Medicine in the university, then you can always treat sick animals.

  • Bobbi Kristina’s aunt chides doctor

    Bobbi Kristina’s aunt chides doctor

    This is not about the medical attention given to Bobbi Kristina, ailing daughter of late Whitney Houston. Leolah Brown, aunt of Kristina is pissed at Dr. Phil for making it seem Nick Gordon, the latter’s boyfriend, is a poor soul who needs help, by giving him hearing in private.

    Nick is under criminal investigation as a suspect in the case of Kristina, who was rescued from drowning in a bathtub. She has remained in a coma in the last three weeks.

    Leolahindignantly went on Facebook Saturday night and railed on the TV show for giving Gordon a platform, saying, “We have strong evidence of foul play.  Until this investigation is completed by law enforcement, I would ask that you or anyone else not provide this individual a platform to spin this situation to his benefit.”

    The the criminal investigation was launched when authorities found injuries on Kristina’s body after she was dragged out of the bathtub.  Gordon has refused to be interview by cops or tell the Brown family what happened.

    Leolah added, “If Nick Gordon does not have the courage to speak with my brother Bobby Brown and/or law enforcement about what happened the day my niece’s body was found in a bathtub, he does not deserve to have a platform to speak to anyone of your caliber until this investigation is concluded.”

    Dr. Phil did an intervention with Nick, who says he’s constantly high on booze and Xanax.

  • Ebonyi kidnapped doctor freed

    Freedom came at the weekend for Ebonyi State Dr Chester Onuora, four days after he was abducted in Abakaliki, the state capital, by four gunmen.

    Onuora was reportedly taken from his Holy Trinity Hospital in Abakaliki when he was rounding off for the day.

    A source close to his family said the abductors tied his hands and feet, blindfolded him and took him to an uncompleted building near neighbouring Enugu State.

    The source added: “When they brought him to the uncompleted building, he slumped. This caused panic among his abductors to the extent that they bought drugs and forcefully administered them on him.”

  • ‘I regret being a medical doctor’

    It was fashionable while I was growing up to see parents choose the career path of their children and wards. You’re not going to “amount to anything” if you’re seen reading a single honours course in the university. Parents boast about their children reading medicine, engineering and law; you’ll be forgiven as a young student if you think the university is all about these courses.

    But over time, things started changing when business administration and related courses started taking the front burner buoyed by the emergence of “wonder banks” and other fast means of making money. Suddenly values that we hold dear started eroding as “making money” became the norm. Nobody cares anymore how the money was made, all that matters is that you are rich.

    That was the beginning of the ‘demystification’ of medicine, engineering and law. Why bother spending years in the university when you’re not sure of what the future hold became pronounced. People started questioning whether reading these courses was worth all the troubles after all.

    Last week I met a young medical doctor who expressed regrets for studying medicine and qualifying as a doctor. “If I had a singing talent like Dr. Sid I would have jettisoned my stethoscope for the music scene,” he said to my surprise. For the records, Sidney Onoriode Esiri, who goes by the stage name, Dr. Sid is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and dentist.

    We discussed at length for more than an hour because this came as a shock to me especially as I have always held doctors in very high regard and would have loved to be one had I been a science student. This is because my lifestyle, comportment, deep reading culture and discipline correlate with what makes a good doctor.

    As I struggled to encourage this young doctor that he has nothing to regret, my mind went back almost fifteen years ago to a discussion I had with a doctor friend while I was still in the university. This doctor also expressed regrets at the poor human resources planning and structures, unsatisfactory working conditions, poor remuneration, and few professional development opportunities back then. I am made to understand that this is even worse today.

    When he saw the “progress” his colleagues who read Economics and Business Administration were making during the banking “boom” of the Abacha era, he told me he was in “the wrong profession.” In my young mind then, I remembered telling him that all that was happening was a bubble that will burst someday. And true to my prediction, the bubble did burst and my older friend said I should consider calling myself a prophet!

    During that period, 19 banks collapsed leading to the Failed Banks Decree promulgated by late General Sani Abacha which was decreed into law to teach Nigerian bankers who mess with depositors fund a lesson. Unfortunately, there were other bank failures later before the sanity we are now witnessing. When I related all these, the young man felt a bit relieved, especially as I pointed out that even the present day society does not see the doctor as “relevant” as they were up to the 90s.

    After much probing, I discovered that he truly love the profession even though the stress associated with it is not commensurate with the financial rewards. “As a medical doctor, it’s an endless journey of reading and personal development. There are new discoveries almost on a daily basis and if you do not keep track you’ll be left behind. Keeping track means you have to prepare and pass your professional examinations otherwise there’ll be no room for advancement,” he told me, “but one of my major problems is the way the society treats doctors.”

    I agreed with him. If you doubt that take a look around and see how the society is now obsessed with “celebrities” of various hues and shapes; some are even instant celebrities because they participate in a show or event or feature in a movie. The society doesn’t even bother if an individual is an illiterate moneybag, corrupt public official or a person of dubious character. It is no longer a secret that this has been taken notches further when such individuals are awarded honorary doctorate degrees by our universities. These are the “doctors” our society recognises and adore!

    One stark reality about contemporary Nigeria is the dearth of reliable statistics for research and planning; this reality permeates almost every facet of our national life. Take the doctor patient ratio for instance. Nigeria, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) currently posts a poor doctor-patient ratio of 1:3500 as against the standard of 1:600. It also said the entire medical schools graduate between 3,500 and 4,000 new doctors annually. Another statistics has 1:6500 doctor-patient ratios.

    One would expect a call to action irrespective of which ratio is used because we have a dare situation in our hands, but that does not seem to be an issue here like in other things. It is the Ebola issue that seems to shake us out of our lethargy. The doctors showed their magnanimity by suspending their strike. I think this period should provide the opportunity for the government and the society to seriously look into some of the issues the doctors tabled before their strike action.

    Delivering a lecture titled “Medical Education in Nigeria: The Quest for World Standards and Local relevance,” held at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) in 2012, the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu said only 5 percent of applicants gained admission to read medicine. Of these, 2,701 trained in Nigeria left the country to other countries to work in the last four years prior to 2012.

    It is amazing that with this exodus of our doctors we don’t seem to get it. Dr. Amayo Adadavoh and other doctors who have remained and have now died as a result of Ebola are professionals who have spent years in training. The late Dr. Adadavoh was a consultant, and do we really know what it takes for a doctor to become a consultant? We have lost, and may still lose some of our finest professionals because of the way we treat them.

    It is not rocket science to understand why some of them are leaving as the working conditions is getting worse, thereby making other countries more attractive. Some of our doctors are presently working in the US, Britain, South Africa, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Trinidad and Tobago and other neigbouring African countries that treat their medical personnel better.

    Whenever I encounter medical practitioners and I see the evident lack of rewards for people who save lives, I always feel pained. To compound issues, whenever they demand what should ordinarily be their entitlement after spending years in medical school and a longer period preparing for other professional examinations, society is quick to condemn and remind them of their obligation to the same society that has scant regards for their own plights.

    Recollect that prior to the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) suspending its strike, there appears to be nothing, either from the people in government or those of us outside, to show that we appreciate the fact that lives of ordinary Nigerians are already hanging in the balance as a result of the strike by doctors working in public health institutions across the country. But does it matter in a system so perverted that public officials now make it a culture that they are travelling abroad for simple medical check-up that can be done in Nigeria?

    My advice to young Nigerian students who have the love of the profession at heart is this: Go ahead and read medicine in the university because it will always remain a noble and dignified profession. You should not look up to society or the government for your fulfillment; just follow the conviction of your heart. Everything about life cannot be viewed from the narrow prism of money. There are still things money can never buy, and being a qualified medical doctor is one of such.

  • Ebola virus: Doctor, two others taken into isolation

    Ebola virus: Doctor, two others taken into isolation

    50 on high risk

    60 on contact list ‘can’t be traced’

    Three people – a doctor, a pharmacist and another person – among those who had primary contact with the late Dr. Ikechukwu Sam Enemuo, the first Ebola victim in Rivers State, have been quarantined after showing symptoms of the virus.

    The results of their tests are, however, still being awaited. The late doctor Emenuo’s widow, who has tested positive to the virus, is receiving treatment in Lagos.

    Rivers State Commissioner for Health Dr. Sampson Parker broke the news yesterday in an update on the outbreak of Ebola in Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s major oil hub and the second city after Lagos to be hit by the virus in Nigeria.

    The late Dr. Enemuo contracted the virus and died on August 22 in Port Harcourt. He became the sixth Nigerian to die of the virus after secretly treating a Nigerian official of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Mr. Oluibukun Koye, in a hotel in Port Harcourt.

    Koye, who contracted Ebola after having primary contact with the Index case in Nigeria Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer, escaped from quarantine in Lagos to Port Harcourt where he was treated by Dr. Enemuo.

    While Koye is free of the virus, Dr. Enemuo, Chief Medical Director of Samsteel Hospital in Rumuokoro, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, died of the virus.

    He was the third medical doctor to die of the virus.

    The commissioner said the doctor and pharmacist started managing Enemuo’s case at his hospital, before he was moved to Good Hart Hospital, where he died.

    Also moved to the quarantine centre, according to the commissioner, is a patient who was on admission at the Good Hart Hospital where Enemuo was admitted until he died. Results of their samples were being awaited.

    The commissioner said 50 among the 200 people on the contact tracing list are classified to be high risk while 60 of them could not be reached even on the telephone. Some of them, he said, are people who had direct contact with Dr. Enemuo at his hospital after he contracted the virus.

    Parker announced other measures taken by the Rivers State Government to include:  banning movement of bodies within and outside the state, bagging of Dr. Enemuo’s body and decontaminating the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital morgue and the attendants placed under watch; a meeting by Governor Chibuike Amaechi with religious leaders today and traditional rulers tomorrow, to sensitise them and mobilise them on how to educate their followers and subjects on the virus.

    The commissioner assured residents of the governments’ readiness to fight the disease in collaboration with the Federal Government’s Ebola Emergency Response team and international agencies and NGOs, including, WHO and Doctors Without Border (MSF).

    He warned against unnecessary body contacts and indiscriminate laying of hands on people by religious leaders.

    Parker said: “Anyone that had any form of contact with the late Dr. Enemuo should please come up; Ebola is curable if diagnosed early, people have survived it and more people will. So, there is no need to run away.

    “It is important that churches close their secret admission wards in their various places of worship. Some of them are running into churches and pastors are laying hands on them, it is wrong even on their and family’s health.

    “Movement of bodies within and outside the state must be supervised. Death certificates must be produced to ascertain the cause of death and the state Ministry of Health must give approval before a body is allowed to move.

    “The UPTH morgue has been decontaminated. However all the bodies there must be buried under supervision, especially those that were there at the same time with Dr. Enemuo’s.”

    Parker said Dr. Enemuo’s body had been bagged and the morgue decontaminated while the attendants have been placed under watch.

    Also decontaminated are the hospitals in which the late Enemuo was treated, the Mandate Garden Hotel, Rumudamanya, where he treated his patient, Koye and his residence. Parker said the places are now safe for access by people, but the hospitals are not yet receiving patients.

  • Father’s will tears apart doctor, High Court Judge

    Children of the late monarch of Umuoji community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Igwe Michael Nweze, are fighting over his property.

    It was gathered that since three years after their father’s death, there have been accusations and counter accusations between the two brothers, who are highly placed in the society, over the content of their father’s will.

    Operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Alagbon, Lagos, who are investigating the matter, are disturbed as it appears that one of the sons of the late monarch is allegedly frustrating investigation using the judiciary.

    The late Igwe Nweze’s eldest son, Dr. Michael Chukwuemeka Nweze, a United States-based paediatrician, alleged that his younger brother, Justice Joseph Ifeanyi Nweze of Anambra State Judiciary and his sister, Mrs. B.O. Mbamalu (Nee Nweze), have doctored their father’s will to deny him of his entitlement.

    Dr. Nweze also alleged that his siblings forged his signature in order to pass a board resolution removing him as a director in their late father’s two companies, stating that his name was substituted with that of his brother’s wife.

    The alleged fake documents were served to the Onitsha branch of a new generation bank, which changed the signatories.

    Investigation also revealed that the companies’ original certificate of incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) still has the name of Dr M.C. Nweze as a member of the board.

    It was gathered that detectives from the PSFU invited Justice Nweze for interrogation. The documents that manifested through the purported board resolutions were said to have been investigated forensically and were discovered not to be original copies.

    A source said: “The doctor was away in the U.S. when all these documents were forged with the aim of taking over everything their father left. The same documents were used by the Judge to take over the companies’ accounts and to open and operate new ones.”

    Police investigation revealed that when all efforts by the investigating officers to amicably settle the matter between the brothers failed, a retired Supreme Court Justice and a prominent Onitsha physician, who are friends of the family decided to intervene.

    A peace meeting was held at the Onitsha GRA residence of the Justice. However, after hearing from the two parties, they directed that a new manager be appointed to administer the companies, pending when the letters of administration of the estate would be ready.

    It is instructive to state that our correspondent had obtained a letter of indemnity from Dr. Michael Chukwuemeka Nweze on the matter.

    It was gathered that the estate management firm of J. Okoro and Associates were appointed to manage the companies, even as documents were signed to this effect.

    However, two months after taking up the job of managing the estate, Okoro demanded an up-to-date account of all funds received, but he was not obliged. Rather, it was alleged that the firm was accused of fraudulently taking over the estate.

    A lawsuit against the firm at the behest of Justice Nweze was dismissed. But prior to its dismissal, Justice Nweze allegedly took back the management of the estate.

    Police sources said: “Arrest warrant was executed three years ago on Justice Nweze and his sister. They were questioned and released on their personal recognition. At that time, the parties agreed to a forensic audit of the companies. A letter to that effect was said to have been written to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) which assigned the case to the accounting firm of Sola Oyetayo.

    “It commenced work but stopped when Justice Nweze allegedly refused to agree to use the estate fund to pay him. Justice Nweze allegedly complained about digging up evidence against him and dared the anti-fraud unit to meet him in court.

    Since then, several frivolous lawsuits have been initiated to intimidate his elder brother, Dr. Nweze, who is the head of the family and to distract the police.”

    When Justice Nweze did not pick calls from our correspondent for comments on the matter, a text message was sent to him.

    Reacting to the allegations, Justice Nweze, through his lawyer, A.O. Emodi Esq. in a text message entitled “False and sponsored allegations by Michael Chukwuemeka Nweze”, said: “We have seen your SMS which suggests an intention to further libel and interfere with court proceedings. We assume that Dr M.C. Nweze also brought to your notice the fact that there is a claim for one billion Naira damages against him for libel and false allegation in a suit no 0/306/2013 at the High Court, Onitsha.

    “There is an application in suit No 0/493M/2011 against him for instigating the police by the same false allegations. There is also a suit No FHC/AWK/CS/48/2014 at the Federal High Court Awka, to direct the police to charge him for giving them information which they found to be false.

    “We must not fail to observe that we do not understand your interest or that of your public in any private disagreement between brothers. It may easily be understood as part of a sponsored campaign against our client which you want to capitalise on to increase the sale and circulation of your newspaper for which our client may seek legal redress.

    “You are advised before proceeding on that course to demand a letter of indemnity from Dr Michael Chukwuemeka Nweze. That is if you are not already aware of the above facts, but decide to proceed because of the financial benefits to you no matter whose ox is gored.”

    Spokesperson for the PSFU Friday Archibong, a Superintendent of Police (SP), confirmed they are investigating the matter.

    One of the investigating officers said Justice Nweze was using lawsuit to try to stop and intimidate police investigators to hands-off the case. But “we are not deterred by these,” he said, adding that even the Chief Judge of Anambra State had been notified of the matter through an official letter.