Investigation reveals that one Inspector Friday Igbinoba wrote a petition against an Indian
national, Mr Ramnani Marrawin to the AIG, Mamman Tsafe, dated December 3, 2012.
Investigation reveals that the ASP intercepted the
letter, signed on the photocopy that the original copy was received by him (Anyana)
on same date and failed to pass the letter to the AIG for action.
His
action, according to sources was to treat the petition himself as if the AIG did, with a view to allegedly extort the Indian man.
The petitioner said in an interview
that Mr Marrawin slapped him severally on his face, while providing security
for him at his resident, at No. 4A, Oko-Awo Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.
``On the 17th Nov., 2012, Mr
Ramnani Marrawin asked me to open the pedestrian gate after given an earlier
order that the gate should not be open due to the bad condition of the padlock.
``As I was trying to open the main gate, he
gave me slaps on my face without any offence. This is what he does always by
maltreating other Nigerians working with him as domestic worker.
``I resolved I will not let him go scot
free like he did to others. I petitioned the AIG to seek for justice without
taking the law into my hands,’’ Igbinoba said.
He explained that without receiving any
invitation from Zone 2 command over his petition, the Indian man called him one
day to warn him against the petition he sent to the AIG, stressing that such
petitions usually goes nowhere.
``Marrawin called me on my mobile phone; I
thought he was going to apologize to me. I did not receive any invitation from
the AIG’s office over my petition. He told me that he has settled with the AIG
and that the AIG told him to relax as the case will go nowhere.
``He mocked me that he knows the police authority
more than me. He said that I should stop writing petition against him as no one
would do anything against him.
``He claimed he was born in Nigeria,
therefore, nothing can happen to him,’’ Igbinoba said.
The petitioner said he visited the Zone 2 command
to find out the true position about his petition, stressing that he got the
mobile phone number of the ASP supposedly assigned to investigate the case.
Igbinoba said that after putting a call
across to the ASP, the officer queried him over his right to find out the
position of the investigation.
``The ASP asked me who am I to ask him about
investigation of the petition. He said he does not owe me any explanation,’’
Igbinoba said.
Meanwhile, AIG Mamman Tsafe said that he
was neither aware of the petition nor had any discussion with Marrawin over
the petition.
Tsafe spoke to our reporter through the Zonal Police
Public Relations Officer (ZPPRO), Mr Suleiman Lewi, a Superintendent of Police.
Our reporter, who visited the
ZPPRO over the case reports that the ASP in question was called by the PRO through
a mobile phone number: 08034824278, where they discussed.
At the end of the
discussion, the ZPPRO said ``I am sorry the AIG is not aware of the petition. I
have just called the officer. He only signs for the letter with his name
without AIG’s official stamp.
``The officer now serves in Langbasa
Police Division. I advice you request the petitioner to do another petition to
the AIG and pass through the right channel’’.
Similarly, Marrawin was contacted
for reaction but refused to speak further immediately the caller introduced
himself as journalist, saying ``wrong number’’ and hung up the phone.
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