NDLEA<\/a>, preferred against them for allegedly tampering with cocaine that was seized from two convicted drug peddlers \u2014 Ezenwanne and Chibunna Patrick Umeibe.<\/p>\nBoth Umeibe and Ezenwanne, who were initially joined as defendants in the case, were convicted and handed two years jail term after they pleaded guilty to the charge.<\/p>\n
At the resumed proceedings in the matter on Thursday, Ezenwanne appeared in court to testify against the embattled police officers.<\/p>\n
Led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Mr Sunday Joseph, the witness, who is currently remanded at the Suleja Prison, told the court that he brought in the cocaine which was sent to him from Brazil, using Ethiopian airline.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cMy lord, what happened was that on January 15, 2022, I travelled to Addis Ababa to bring cocaine with the help of Iwolabi from Brazil. I used Ethiopian Airlines with my international passport.<\/p>\n
\u201cIwolabi sent his boys from Brazil to hand the cocaine to me.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I arrived in Ethiopia, my ticket was supposed to lead me to Cameroon, but I deliberately stopped at Addis Ababa Airport so that I would miss the flight heading to Cameroon.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reason was so that I could meet the people that were to hand me the stuff.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn January 16, around 8:30p.m. Ethiopian time, the flight coming from Brazil arrived. Few minutes after, they called me on phone. The first person that called me is known as Alhaji.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe called and asked where I was. I told him to meet me at the lounge. He came and handed over to me six sachets of cocaine on white cotton packs and left.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe second person called me, his name is Ota. He asked me the same question and I also told him to meet me at the lounge.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe came and handed to me four sachets of cocaine in white cotton packs. It became a total of 10 sachets.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe then snapped me with his phone and left.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy second, Chibunna, was there before me. We met and by then he had already received his own. We stayed together because our flight was scheduled to leave on January 19.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn that January 19, in the morning, around 8am, we boarded a flight going to Enugu International Airport.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we arrived at Enugu, I was the first person to come out from the airport. I stood at the car park waiting for my second to come out.<\/p>\n
Arrested<\/strong>
\n\u201cWhen he came out and was heading towards me, one woman and two men intercepted him.<\/p>\n\u201cWhen I looked at them, I noticed that they were having an argument. As I came close to know what was happening, there was one Sienna car that was packed there.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs I arrived, the four doors of the car opened and men jumped out from the car. What I heard was, \u2018I did not see this one o\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs they held me, I shouted Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Is this how I am going to end? As they grabbed me and my second, they brought out their jackets with IRT written on them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey shared it among themselves and wore it. That was when I knew that they were police.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause of the shout and noise we made at the airport, people gathered. They pushed us inside that car and drove off. They took us to one empty police station near the airport.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey brought out our bags and opened them. The team leader exclaimed; confirm! confirm! and snapped the cocaine.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt that point, my second, begged them to leave us and carry the cocaine. They slapped him and asked if he was not aware that he would beg when he was shouting at the airport.\u201d<\/p>\n
The witness said they were subsequently brought to the IRT office in Abuja, where they were locked up after their statements were taken.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile I was writing my statement, the team leader, Bawa, came in and asked me how many sachets of cocaine I have in my bag. I told him that I didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe also asked me if I was aware of the quantity my second had in his bag and I told him I didn\u2019t know that he should go and ask him. So he left.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn January 21, they took us to one Grade 1 Magistrate court here in Abuja. When we got there, after some time, about an hour, the person that took us there, the 4th defendant, told us that his boss said they should bring us back.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we asked him why, he said he did not know but that they are trying to help us.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen they took us back to the station, the team leader came to us and said they were taking us to the NDLEA.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knelt down immediately and begged him not to take us there. He said it was a directive from his boss but that they are still having a discussion on the matter. So, they took us back to the cell.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn January 25, around 4pm, they brought us out again. I asked my IPO, AY, where they were taking us to and he said it was to the NDLEA.<\/p>\n
\u2018Our drugs tampered with\u2019<\/strong>
\n\u201cWhen we came out to enter the car, when we saw our bags, we noticed that the size was not the same again.<\/p>\n\u201cAs we carried the bags inside the car, we also noticed that the weight had reduced.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter then, they took us to the NDLEA and the person in charge of the team, they called him \u2018too much money (currently at large).<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we got there, they took us inside one office and brought out our bags. The Commander in that office came and told the exhibit officer to check everything.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut when they opened our bags, I noticed that there was a strange thing. When they bought out those sachets of cocaine inside my bag, it was only eight sachets instead of 10.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe exhibit officer brought out all the cocaine inside my bag. The ones in sachets, both mine and the one belonging to my second, were 12 sachets. The ones in pellets were 12 cotton packs of cocaine.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose in pellets were 390. The exhibit officer weighed them and they weighed 21.35kg. For the ones in sachets, the exhibit officer labelled them 1 to 12.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe one in pellets was labelled too. Then the exhibit officer carried out a field test on the cocaine.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome tested positive for cocaine while some proved negative. The ones that proved positive was 3.8kg, while the negative was 17.55kg\u201d, the witness added.<\/p>\n
While being cross examined by Kyari\u2019s lawyer, Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, the witness told the court that he brought cocaine into the country twice.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the two occasions I brought drugs into Nigeria, I was not arrested nor stopped by NDLEA officials at the airport<\/p>\n
At the Enugu airport, I saw NCDC officials and immigration agents. I also met two men that took my passport and directed me to a table for searching.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the Enugu International Airport, I was asked to give money to the people that will search my bag. So I gave them N10,000 and they cleared me,\u201d the witness added.<\/p>\n
Asked if he saw the 1st defendant, Kyari, or had any interaction with him, the witness said: \u201cMy lord, all through the process of my arrest, I did not have any interaction with the 1st defendant\u201d.<\/p>\n
Asked if he was happy that Kyari\u2019s men arrested him after he offered to give them all the cocaine he was caught with, the witness said: \u201cI am not happy as a human being, but not angry with anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NDLEA had alleged that Kyari and his men, unlawfully tampered with 21.25kilograms worth of cocaine that they seized from the two convicted drug traffickers- Chibunna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus Ezenwane- even as it also accused them of dealing in cocaine worth 17.55kg.<\/p>\n
It alleged that the police officers committed the offence between January 19 and 25, 2022, at the office of Inspector-General of Police (IGP) IRT, Abuja, in connivance with one ASP John Umoru (now at large), contrary to section 14(b) of the NDLEA Act, CAP N30 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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