The Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday promised to investigate allegations of bribery and abuse of office levelled against an Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Emmanuel Aina.
Protesters, under the aegis of the Centre for Human Rights and Advocacy in Africa Network, stormed the PSC headquarters in Jabi, Abuja, demanding a thorough probe into the police officer’s conduct.
The demonstrators, who wielded placards with various inscriptions, accused AIG Aina of gross misconduct and urged the commission to take a decisive action.
In a petition, CHRAAN said: ‘Sometimes in 2024, one Asabe Waziri, a staff member of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limted (NNPCL), who was evicted by FCT High Court judgment from two blocks of flats in a property in Maitama, Abuja, was forcefully brought back to the flats by AIG Aina Emmanuel, using some officers like CSP Francis (FCID).
‘AIG Emmanuel Aina, in spite of his knowledge of a court order restraining Asabe Waziri from trespassing into the property and flats and a motion for stay of execution filed in respect of a Court of Appeal’s judgment against Asabe Waziri, in the Supreme Court.
‘It’s our complaint that AIG Aina vowed to return Asabe Waziri into the flats, using intimidation of the counsel to the property owner, Giwa Victor Esq, a human rights lawyer, whom he arrested and detained twice between June and July 2024 in order to unlawfully gain access to the property at No. 1, Mekong close, Maitama, Abuja.
‘Asabe Waziri and Abeh Signature Apartment, the owner of the property, had a dispute, which resulted in court action, that finally led to the property owner obtaining judgment in its favour against Asabe Waziri. The judgment was finally enforced against Asabe Waziri and she was vacated from the property.
‘Asabe appealed against the judgement to the court of appeal, her appeal succeeded in March 2024 and the property owner appealed against her judgment to the Supreme Court. A motion for stay of execution and Notice of Appeal to the Supreme Court was filed, all against Asabe’s Court of Appeal Judgement.
‘Shockingly, AIG Aina, knowing that this was a matter that was still subsisting in court, still went ahead to break into the flats forcefully and brought Asabe Waziri into the flats. According to the AIG, he wanted Asabe to be in the property while the case is going on in the Supreme Court.
‘It’s our complaint that AIG Aina vowed to return Asabe Waziri into the flats, using intimidation of the counsel to the property owner, Giwa Victor Esq, a human rights lawyer, whom he arrested and detained twice between June and July 2024 in order to unlawfully gain access to the property at No. 1, Mekong close, Maitama, Abuja.
‘Asabe Waziri and Abeh Signature Apartment, the owner of the property, had a dispute, which resulted in court action, that finally led to the property owner obtaining judgment in its favour against Asabe Waziri. The judgment was finally enforced against Asabe Waziri and she was vacated from the property.
‘Asabe appealed against the judgement to the court of appeal, her appeal succeeded in March 2024 and the property owner appealed against her judgment to the Supreme Court. A motion for stay of execution and Notice of Appeal to the Supreme Court was filed, all against Asabe’s Court of Appeal Judgement.
‘Shockingly, AIG Aina, knowing that this was a matter that was still subsisting in court, still went ahead to break into the flats forcefully and brought Asabe Waziri into the flats. According to the AIG, he wanted Asabe to be in the property while the case is going on in the Supreme Court.