In this interview with ADELANI ADEPEGBA, Amaechi Ihezie, the nephew of the late Chief Protocol Officer of the Minister of State for Defence, Desmond Nunugwo, demands justice for his alleged murder in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes CommissionI was in Lagos when I heard that my uncle had died in the custody of the EFCC. I travelled from Lagos to Abuja and went straight to the EFCC’s office in Wuse II where I met with the officer in charge of the office.
He said my uncle died around 1am, but I was called on the phone around 5pm. So I asked why it took over 14 hours to reach me, but the officer said they didn’t know who to call.The EFCC official claimed that my uncle’s two phones were dead. When I asked why they didn’t charge them, he said there was no electricity at the office and that the generator, which served as an alternative source of power, was bad. I told him that it didn’t make sense to me.I asked if my uncle was manhandled, he said no.
Chinedu stood up and asked what the issue was about. My uncle said he didn’t know. He told the EFCC officials that the car key was in his pocket. Then the lady and a man slapped him. It was then Chinedu realised that my uncle lied that his car key was in his office so that he could bring the people to the office so he could see what was going on. Had they whisked him away when he went to meet them, nobody would have known who picked him up and how he disappeared.
I asked what they usually did when someone died in their custody. They said an autopsy would be carried out. They promised to invite a pathologist, Prof Obafunwa. The twist is that they wrote to Obafunwa who gave them a bill of about N4m and they complained that it was on the high side. I asked them, “Is it too much to pay N4m to clear your name?” They came up with excuses and promises and then stopped talking about inviting Obafunwa.
I have never heard my uncle complain about high blood pressure. You can imagine the rigour he had to endure as chief protocol officer to the minister of state for defence.Yes. We asked the EFCC to invite Uloma to ascertain the veracity of her allegation, but they said they didn’t know where she was. We went to the Minister of Justice and presented our case, he said he would look into it.
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