Edgal promises N1m reward for information on masked lady

Juliana Francis

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, has promised N1million reward for information that will lead to the arrest of the hooded lady who alleged that Police Inspector, Christopher Marcel Nabugwu, was living beyond his means. 

It will be recalled that the wanted masked lady had in a video that went viral on social media, alleged that the police inspector owns a property worth over N250m at No. 27 Remi Fani-Kayode Street GRA, Ikeja, uses exotic cars with customized vehicle  license plate titled  "MCON" and worth over N2bn in cash and assets.

These allegations caught the attention of the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, who ordered an investigation into the allegation, the source notwithstanding. 

According to the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Chike Oti, investigation into the matter was painstakingly carried out.

Oti said: “At the end of the probe, it was clear that the allegations were not only false and misleading, but a calculated attempt to malign the good name of  a hardworking police officer and  to embarrass the police authorities. The Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, said that the police was counting on the already established goodwill of Lagosians and indeed that of good Nigerians in getting credible information that would lead to the arrest of the masked woman.”

Oti further noted that the arrest and prosecution of the masked woman will serve as a deterrent to others who use social media platforms to maliciously destroy the good image of innocent Nigerians.   

The lady, who presented herself as a whistleblower, explained in the video that she masked her face because she didn’t want to endanger her life.

Speaking in the video, she said: “I don’t know what will happen to me if my face is exposed. This man, Inspector Marcel Christopher Nnabugwu, is   known   as MCON. He uses MCON as car number plate. There is nobody who goes to nightclub on Lagos Island who doesn’t know him. Immediately he enters, the place will ‘shut down.’ Just last month, this guy celebrated his 30^th birthday at a club in Ikoyi and almost all the well-known rich men and celebrities were there. His house in GRA Ikeja is worth over N250 million. But let me shock you, I travelled to Owerri last week to see my uncle at Mopol 18 barrack and that was where I saw  this guy in the uniform of police sergeant, carrying AK47. If this guy is truly a police sergeant, since when have police sergeants in Nigeria started such money? But if this guy is not a police sergeant, how come he is wearing a police uniform with the rank of a sergeant and armed with AK47?”