As narrated by a Facebook user, Comrade Phils

#JusticeForChima: Police Kill Innocent Mechanic, Falsely Accuse and Torture Colleagues In Port Harcourt

This story will leave you in tears... I had to call the victim's brother to be sure this was real. He cried as he narrated how his brother was tortured to death at the Mile one police station. I cried listening to him. But I will not only cry, I will push for justice for this poor soul and his family.

Full story as narrated by the man that gave the mechanic his car to repair before the police killed him.

EAGLE-CRACK(a.k.a E-CRACK) POLICE MILE 1 PHC RIVERS STATE KILLS INNOCENT MECHANIC AND SENDS 4 INNOCENT PERSONS TO PRISON

I gave my car to my usual mechanic to fix AC Gas on the 19th of Dec 2019. Called him several times on the 20th and did not get an answer. I decided to visit his shop physically at Ikoku to find out that my car and the mechanic are nowhere to be found. I asked fellow mechanics around and one said he saw when the mechanic was driving one way and he suspects that he might have been apprehended by the Police. My mind came down a bit after hearing this.

I started visiting Police Stations in Port-Harcourt one after the other making enquiries until I got to Mile 1 Police Station and I saw my car parked in front of the Eagle Crack Police Division(a.k.a E-Crack). I felt relief thinking that the Police is my friend, I was totally wrong. I presented myself quickly at the front desk to say that the car belongs to me and I want to know the reason it got to this place. I was shocked to be pointed a gun by one of the officers and I was asked to leave before I get shot. Wow.... I wondered what crime I could have committed to present myself as the owner of my car. But I had to leave before I get shot.

I got to my house and was drafting a strategy to attack this issue. It was exactly 2hours later when I noticed a knock on my gate. I opened my gate to see a young man who introduced himself as “Obinna the brother to Chima”. Chima is the name of my mechanic. He asked me my name which I told him and that he was directed by his brother to meet me. So I asked him quickly if he knew the reason for the arrest. He said Chima told him that he and his boys were testing two cars, 3 boys in a camry and 2 boys in my car, after doing some work on them. The traffic in Port-Harcourt around that time was terrible and they decided to drive one way.

The police apprehend them and asked them for money. They offered an amount which was not comfortable for the Police officers. The eyes of the Police officers were completely red looking for money to solve their Christmas matters as this usually happens during the Christmas festive period in Nigeria. The police officers immediately changed the case to robbery, accusing the boys of robbing the two cars.

The officers asked the boys to raise their hands and searched their pockets. They found money in each of the pockets of the boys. According to Obinna, N97,000.00(ninety seven thousand naira) was found on Chima, N50,000.00 (Fifty thousand naira) on one of them, N16,000.00(Sixteen thousand) on another etc, totally over N150,000.00(one hundred and fifty thousand naira) in their pockets. In the minds of the Police officers; (we can not afford to loose this money we have seen physically in their pockets. Our Christmas is guaranteed a success if we can obtain all the money). Which indeed they achieved.

Hand cuffed all of them, took their money and their telephones and arraigned them to the Police Station. Getting to the station, hung this boys upside down in fan hooks and started brutality on them with various weapons. The youngest of them which is only 19yrs was almost at the point of death and accepted to confess whatever they ask him to say. He started making false confession about my car, he agreed that my car was rubbed and that, the car belongs to a lady and that, they jumped into the ladies compound, broke the glass of the car, opened the door and used a master key to start the car. Broke the gate and drove off.

This was the information I got from Mr. Obinna. At least I know the reason why my car is there. So I made contact with the Nigerian Air force Base who sent 2 soldiers to accompany me in my next visit. The two soldiers arrived my residence and accompanied me.
On arrival at the Mile 1 E-Crack Division, the IPO in charge of the case was very rude to the air force soldiers, insulting them saying that this is purely a civilian case and a case of robbery. The soldiers got angry and asked me if they can start beating up the police officers, I calmly told them not to do so as it will make matters worse for the innocent boys in police custody. So I left with the officers. I then called the Air force Commander and updated him on current status, he asked me if I had copies of my car papers, I told him I would get them and revert him accordingly.

I searched in my house for the car papers and did not find. But I remembered that my Driver was the one who renewed the papers not up to 2months back. So I asked my driver for the papers and he informed me that he forgot the original and photocopies inside my car. I asked him to call the man at Inland Revenue to print copies. I got the copies and contacted the Air force Commander again to let him know that I have the papers.
The Commander joined me to the Police Station on 23rd of Dec 2019. We met the Commander of E-Crack, I noticed the name on his uniform as Benson. The Air force Commander introduced himself and introduced me as his brother. Mr. Benson called the IPO of the case to come and narrate the story. The IPO explained how the boys jumped into a ladies compound, broke the glass of the car, used master key to start the car, broke the gate and drove off. That they, the police officers apprehended the boys at the point of sale. That the boys were communicating with the buyer from Aba and that one of the boys have already confessed to the crime.

After hearing this, at first I was wondering if it was some Nigerian movie the man was narrating or was he talking about my car? The E-Crack Commander now asked the IPO to bring the boy who made the confession. The boy was brought in after 2mins limping seriously with smelling wounds. The E-Crack Commander now asked the boy to tell the truth that no one would torture him. The boy now started talking by saying that he is only an apprenticed under his Boss “Chima”, that the car belongs to Chima's customer, that he made the false confession because he was tortured almost to the point of death, at this point, he stretched his arms with handcuffs towards the commander showing him the smelling wounds.

The E-Crack Commander now asked the IPO to return the boy. I now told the E-Crack Commander that I have copies of my car papers here which I got from the Inland Revenue today as my driver forgot the original papers as well as the photocopies in my car, is it possible for the IPO to check my car, get all the papers in it and we compare with what is in my hands. The E-Crack commander agreed and sent the IPO to get the papers.
After 3mins, the IPO came back and said there were no papers in the car. Well, I have copies right in front of us, I asked the commander if the copies I am presenting can be verified, and he concurred. I left the station with the Air force Commander.

On the 30th of December 2019. I returned to the police station and met the commander to verify if my presented documents have been verified. He called the IPO and the IPO confirmed that the documents are authentic. The commander now asked me my full name and I told him. He says that the name on the papers bears the same surname but different first name, why is this so? I explained that, the first name and second name on the car papers belong to my younger sister. He insisted that I must bring her to the station. So I called my sister and picked her up at her office and brought her to the station. I presented her to the commander.

The commander asked how long she has been using the car and she confirmed that it is over 2yrs. He asked the IPO to release my car as well as the second car which was an old model camry. Before leaving his office, I asked about the boys because I still have an unfinished business with my mechanic. He asked me how long I have known the mechanic, I told him that I have known the mechanic for more than 4years and that the mechanic fixes all my cars. The Commander now told me that he is investigating a case of cultism against all the boys. I wondered in my mind how a case of charged “Robbery” could change to cultism. I had no choice other than to leave the station with my car. On the 2nd of January 2020, I got a call from a Barrister saying that he was engaged by the families of the boys in custody. That he has spoken with the Commander with regards to the case. That he was shocked to know that the commander was now working as a commander in that division as he has long known him. That in fact the man is his friend. He continued by saying that the commander told him that the case is a bad one, his boys have over worked. Speaking in pigeon saying "de case don spoil, my boys don over work" The Barrister did not understand. The Barrister kept on insisting until the man opened up to say that my mechanic "Chima" is dead. He was tortured to death.

The Barrister now asked him where the corpse is. The Commander says that he does not trust him enough to reveal that kind of classified information. That the best thing he can do for the remaining 4boys, is to look for a small charge to charge them, so that as soon as they get to the court, bail will be granted easily. He asked the Barrister to come the next day. According to the Barrister, as soon as he left the police station, the Commander immediately charged the boys to court that same day on the charge of my car robbery and cultism. After hearing this from the Barr., I again thought, the police has released my car to me after verifying that it is my car and I never told them that my car was ever robbed, why did they still charge the boys for my car robbery? I later found out the answer which I will say shortly after. As I write this story, the remaining 4boys are in prison custody with wounds getting rotten and smelling. Chima that the police killed is tagged as "At Large". The answer to my question came out when the families of the deceased visited the court to see a copy of the charge sheet confirming that the police wrote on it that the owner of the car, which is supposed to me, confirmed to them that his car was stolen as described. I have never made such a statement anywhere. My car was never robbed.

The families of the boys visited the prison in Port-Harcourt to see their loved ones and insisted to take photographs after seeing the wounds of some of them excreting water and decayed substances. The prison warders said each photograph will cost them N15,000.00 (Fifteen Thousand Naira) each. The families not being able to afford the money, left the prison sobering.

At this moment of my life, I and my family members are very scared of the police. I wanted to send my brother out with my car, immediately I realized that his drivers license is in process. I got scared and did not engage him anymore, because if police can take a life because of “one way driving”, then it means they can take a life for not having Drivers License and many more.

As I write this message, my wife is beside me shivering and saying that I should make the message anonymous, for fear that I could get killed by the police for making it public.

Please if I get any mosquito bite, you know who is responsible.

I came to know that the deceased mechanic got married just six months ago and that his wife is a few months pregnant.

Again, the families of the 5 boys are in abject poverty and could not even afford lawyer fees to follow up the case. What a shame.

BELOW NAMES OF PERSONS INVOLVED:

Victor Ogbonna
Osaze Friday
Ifeanyi Osuji
Ifeanyi Onyekwere
Chima Ikwunado (Killed By Police)

SP. Benson Adetuyi (Commander E-Crack)
Mile1 Police Station, PortHarcourt, Rivers State Nigeria.

Inspector Sam (IPO)
Mile1 Police Station, PortHarcourt, Rivers State Nigeria.
Chima Ikwunado (RIP)

See photos of the deceased,Chima Ikwunado, his boy and his wife.

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What a pathetic story!

How did we get to this stage that human lives mean little or nothing to us?

How could we allow greed and love for money destroy our conscience?

I was almost in tears as I read through the write-up. The impunity in the police force is sickening. The police aren't and can never be your friend. The police are the real enemies.
Those that took part in this crime will meet their Waterloo soon.

RIP to the deceased!!!!!I pray that those in the prison will get a helping hand.

I pray that the will of God be done.

What a gut-wrenching story.

Little wonder, they die horrible deaths, and even when they manage to attain old age, their offspring are more often than not curses to them.

Tueh on the evil ones on uniform.

Four lives destroyed plus "One murder" because of "150,000 naira" "$416" and people will still argue that the black race isn't flawed/cursed.....

Front page pls... Can someone pls tag @segalink on Twitter?

Op please send a DM to @segalink on Twitter let's see how this goes...

Let's #EndImpunity

Chima 's town union should take up this matter at once. This animals in police uniform must not go Scot-free.
Tradesmen should all have unions to protect their members.I wonder if the mechanics in Ikoku have one. This impunity must stop!

Had they have known, they would have given them both the money and their clothes.

Nigerian police is never your friend.

Please push it to front page, because the ,story has come to the land of process, we will proceed by making justice a reality.

The story is strait, fresh and authentic,
the boys will soon be release, for the mighty hand of media will have no hiding place for the officers, and the blood of Mr chima (the mechanic) will not give them peace through out their life time on earth, amen.

Policemen dispossessed innocent men of their hard earned money,tagged them armed robbers,killed one of them. What an irony

Nigerian police are always on the news for wrong reasons.Many of them are animals in uniforms

Such a height of stupidity, illiteracy, wickedness, demonism and Satanism.. Is it because the guy is an ordinary mechanic and does not have any connect? Could they have done it if his elder brother was an army major or general Or a close friend to Gov Nyesom Wike? Such a foolish set of demons...

I remember that day a police man shot an army man dead at Ada George. it was just a matter of minutes before army people locked down that pepperoni junction with ceaseless gun shots in the air, requesting to see the fool that had the mind to gun down their colleague or they burn down the station with shots.. According to what I heared, the police later gave out the killer to them..

Now it's an ordinary poor civilian, them don get mouth... May thunder strike down the fool that killed that guy. I mean!! how can people just be so wicked on their fellow human beings because they have guns? Some of this so called police men especially this recruits are not supposed to be giving guns.. They easily get trigger happy..

Oppressing the poor family of the remaining boys simply because them no get money or know person wey get connect.. May God punish them...

soberdrunk:
Four lives destroyed plus "One murder" because of "150,000 naira" "$416" and people will still argue that the black race isn't flawed/cursed.....

Guy so because a set of fools in police uniform killed a man, the whole black race is cursed? The way some of you use words ehn!

The case can be revisited and you with your sister plus the air Force officer as chief witness..Get human rights contact..though as it is now the media "virability" will get the main authority attention and you may be called for witness..the lawyer call log is another stanby witness..

This isn't enough, he should also petition the IG of police, human write commission and various human rights group.

"No evil deed will go unpunished.Any evil done by man to man will be redressed.If not now then later. If not by man then by God. For the victory of evil over good can only be temporary'

Dele Giwa.

They can do this because we can’t be legally armed.

This rubbish will stop in 2 thousand years.

the government supports it to the fullest.
i think the government secretly awards police men that behave so wickedly that is why such horrible stories keep repeating in Nigeria.

See this story will seem like a movie script to you if police has never pointed gun at you b4.

just know that for every moment you pass a police checkpoint alive, you're are very lucky.

Human lives are worth nothing in this country.... the police officers involved should be made to face justice.

Which justice when u would have allowed the air force people to beat all the police men in that station. Which Justice can ever bring back chima to life for his new pregnant wife again. Death to all the police people

This is heart wrenching. The NPF has lost all values.

YesNo:
See this story will seem like a movie script to you if police has never pointed gun at you b4.

just know that for every moment you pass a police checkpoint alive, you're are very lucky.

Hmmmmmmm... God I thank you for my life and my family oh.. Such wicked people..

@lalastica, @mynd44 why has this news not made front page yet?

This Life

So that means all those people the police say are 'now at large' actually means they are dead,killed by the police.

Banana Republic.

This is really deep. so sorry about Chima

Lalasticlala

Sad story. Go north east,cind boko haram.pay them 25k. Let them detonate bombs at the station.from entrance of gate to dpo office. Bomb them all. If i were u. I would do that within 10days

Nigeria Police would kill you and nothing will happen.

Quite sad

Mods, please push to front page asap! Narrator, there is nothing to be afraid of, do your very best, get good lawyers to sue the police on behalf of both the deceased and the other boys. With a good lawyer, the police cannot substantiate the charge of robbery here, having released the car to you. In fact, you have all it takes to save this boys and cause the police to pay millions of naira to them for damages. PLEASE HELP AND SAVE THEM!

But wait o! If the earth is actually rotating, then why am I still in this Nigeria with this bunch of unprofessional fools in dirty black uniform?