The
father of an eight-year-old girl, who was reportedly kidnapped by a
policeman identified as Augustine Gbuchenge, has accused police of not
doing enough to resolve the issue.
The 52-year-old Patrick Unyebuchukwu told our correspondent yesterday that since the incident about two weeks ago, the police were yet to invite him or apprehend the policeman.
Unyebuchukwu called on the Inspector General of Police Muhammed Abubakar and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, to arrest Augustine for the safety of his daughter, Amarachi. The man
said he was surprised at the way the police were handling his daughter’s case.
He said: “My daughter told me on her sick bed that the fleeing mobile policeman used pressing iron on her head, when she wanted to run out from his apartment. She said immediately the iron hit her head, she became unconscious.
“I am surprised at the way the police are handling the matter, especially the Lagos State MOPOL 22 Squadron where the mobile policeman claimed was his beat, but the commandant of the Squadron denied ever knowing him. “I was not invited by anybody since the incident happened.
My wife and I were the ones taking care of my daughter with little assistance from our family members. “Although the police claimed they don’t know him, I learnt he had worked at Ketu police station, Apapa and lately Ajegunle police division.”
But while fielding questions from journalists on the fleeing mobile policeman recently, Manko said the police were still after the man. “We are not resting our oars and the matter has not died down. We will still hunt for him. The matter has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID).
We will get him.” Meanwhile, Unyebuchukwu said that he had spent all his life savings on the treatment of Amarachi. He said: “As I speak with you now, I have spent about N400,000 on the treatment of my daughter. We are still spending more, and I don’t know when she will be leaving the hospital.
“My daughter is still lying critically ill at the hospital, while the mobile policeman is walking free on the street.” Unyebuchukwu also said that when Gbuchenge parked into the house, he was a very gentle man. He said: “My wife used to serve him free lunch whenever he did not go to work. I wonder why he decided to abduct my daughter.
“I became suspicious of him when he started driving his car into the compound in the middle of the night and going out with a big ‘Ghana-must-go bag’ inside the boot of his car. It was after my daughter’s incident that everything became clear to me. “The source of his sudden wealth baffles most of us in the compound.
When he parked into his apartment, he came with only one motorcycle. But now he has about four different cars. “I suspect that he has been killing innocent children in the neighbourhood; my daughter’s incident exposed many of its atrocities in our area.”
The 52-year-old Patrick Unyebuchukwu told our correspondent yesterday that since the incident about two weeks ago, the police were yet to invite him or apprehend the policeman.
Unyebuchukwu called on the Inspector General of Police Muhammed Abubakar and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, to arrest Augustine for the safety of his daughter, Amarachi. The man
said he was surprised at the way the police were handling his daughter’s case.
He said: “My daughter told me on her sick bed that the fleeing mobile policeman used pressing iron on her head, when she wanted to run out from his apartment. She said immediately the iron hit her head, she became unconscious.
“I am surprised at the way the police are handling the matter, especially the Lagos State MOPOL 22 Squadron where the mobile policeman claimed was his beat, but the commandant of the Squadron denied ever knowing him. “I was not invited by anybody since the incident happened.
My wife and I were the ones taking care of my daughter with little assistance from our family members. “Although the police claimed they don’t know him, I learnt he had worked at Ketu police station, Apapa and lately Ajegunle police division.”
But while fielding questions from journalists on the fleeing mobile policeman recently, Manko said the police were still after the man. “We are not resting our oars and the matter has not died down. We will still hunt for him. The matter has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID).
We will get him.” Meanwhile, Unyebuchukwu said that he had spent all his life savings on the treatment of Amarachi. He said: “As I speak with you now, I have spent about N400,000 on the treatment of my daughter. We are still spending more, and I don’t know when she will be leaving the hospital.
“My daughter is still lying critically ill at the hospital, while the mobile policeman is walking free on the street.” Unyebuchukwu also said that when Gbuchenge parked into the house, he was a very gentle man. He said: “My wife used to serve him free lunch whenever he did not go to work. I wonder why he decided to abduct my daughter.
“I became suspicious of him when he started driving his car into the compound in the middle of the night and going out with a big ‘Ghana-must-go bag’ inside the boot of his car. It was after my daughter’s incident that everything became clear to me. “The source of his sudden wealth baffles most of us in the compound.
When he parked into his apartment, he came with only one motorcycle. But now he has about four different cars. “I suspect that he has been killing innocent children in the neighbourhood; my daughter’s incident exposed many of its atrocities in our area.”
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