By Christopher Oji
A businessman, Mr Obinna Obiora Anachuna, has sent a save-our-souls to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Akali Baba, and Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Solomon Arase, to rescue him from the hands of Inspector Obinna Nnonye Godwin, who has allegedly threatened to kill him after extorting N1.5 million from him.
Inspector Godwin is serving at Zone 13, Ukpo, Anambra State police command.
Anachuna also alleged that after inspector Godwin had threatened to kill him, he forcefully extorted from him the sum of N1.5 million for bail.
Narrating his ordeals in the hands of inspector Godwin, Anachuna, said: “My problem started when my elder sister, Nkeiru, who is living in one of my houses, started having problems with one of my tenants in the property which I inherited from my father. My elder sister was giving my tenants problems, so one of them petitioned her to Area Police Commands Headquarters, Onicha. She wanted me to take sides with her, but I couldn’t. After seeing the petition from my tenant, she also wrote a counter petition to the police command headquarters. When they were invited by the police, my sister did not show up, instead, she wrote another petition to the Zonal Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (ZIID) against the complainant.
“On Tuesday, May 9, 2023, I was invited as the landlord of the house by inspector Godwin, who said he was working under a Deputy Commissioner of Police. I honoured the invitation only to start hearing the unexpected. I thought the police were trying to settle the dispute between my tenant and my sister.
“When I arrived at the police formation, Inspector Godwin told me that my sister wrote a petition against me in connection with my property. I explained to him that the case between my sister and I was purely a civil matter that should not involve the police. I even went further to explain to Godwin that my sister has been petitioning the police authorities right from the Area Police Command headquarters out of mere greed and lack of contentment, as our late father, Ide Matthew Sunday Anachuna, shared his Estate before his death, and everybody is ever happy, and remains grateful to him.
except my sister, but he did not care to listen to me.
“However, in a dramatic twist, inspector Godwin changed the topic and started accusing me of killing my wife who died 10 years ago, and for manufacturing adulterated wine for public consumption. These were false allegations as no one had ever accused me of killing my wife who died a natural death. Inspector Godwin started threatening to handcuff me and parade me for murder, after which I would be charged to court. I told him that all his allegations were false and begged him not to remind me of the death of my wife, but he became angry and said he was going to detain me and eventually kill me in the cell, if I didn’t pay N1.5 million for bail. At this point, a female senior police officer, Hellen Ujunwa, started pleading with Godwin to let me go home and settle with my sister, as our quarrel was a mere family issue, but Godwin insisted that I must pay money or I would die in the cell.
“The threats from the inspector became too much that I became afraid as he was desperately warning me to choose between my life and the money. I became scared as I had no alternative than to give him the N100,00 cash and transferred N1.4 million to his First Bank account with the name Double Wind Global Nigeria Limited, and I was released with a warning that I must not tell anyone what I went through or I would be shot.
“After my freedom from Godwin, I made a search to the Corporate Affairs Commission headquarters, Abuja, about the account I paid the N1. 4 million into, only to discover that inspector Godwin is the director of the company. I decided to call the attention of the government and well meaning Nigerians to know that my life is not safe, as Inspector Godwin has threatened to kill me if I tell what I went through in his hands. I am, therefore, pleading with IGP Usman Akali Baba, who is a disciplinarian, and Chairman, Police Service Commission, Solomon Arase (IGP retd), who is sanitising the police force to wade into the matter, to retrieve my money which was forcefully taken by Inspector Godwin and bring him to justice. If the IGP and PSC chairman do not step in as fast as possible, my life would be in danger as Inspector Godwin is ready to kill me.”
However, in separate petitions to the IGP and PSC boss by Aachuna’s lawyer, C. C. Onyema of Egwuonwu & Egwuonwu, he appealed to them to investigate and prosecute Inspector Godwin for fraud, robbery, extortion, corruption, abuse of office, threat to life and unlawful detention of our client.