Following the arrest of Nigerian billionaire kidnap kingpin popularly known as Evans, his legal counsel, Olukoya Ogungbeje, who recently suffered a setback in the case which was filed against the Inspector General of Police and three others has said the Nigerian Police lacks evidence to put his client away.
Recall that Olukoya Ogungbeje had earlier filed a N300 million lawsuit against the IGP, Ibrahim Idris, The Nigerian Police Force and two others over the continued detention of his client.
Speaking regarding the case, the legal practitioner who earlier revealed that he loves unusual cases told The Sun that the Police is currently brainwashing his client who has been arrested since June 10, 2017.
He said: “We are not saying that we want to ensure that our client escapes justice at all costs. What we are saying is that we were given letter of representation and properly briefed and we have the claim to represent him within the confines of the law.
“As we speak, there is no single evidence of the matter, do you know that there is no single witness in that matter, do you know that no single case file has been opened on that matter? He has been moved to Abuja. Someone that we did not have access to while in Lagos Police Command, how do you think that we will be able to access him in Abuja? The police keep on brainwashing him, they keep on threatening him, they keep on deceiving him. Take him to court, that is what the law says.”
He added: “The police are only playing the ostrich. Do you know as his lawyer, I have been denied access to him, do you know that the father, his mother, his wife and children have been denied access to him? The police are not telling the truth.
“Why have they not published the court order they claimed to have got? Let them name the judge. They are only misinforming the public. They are not bold enough to publish the order. In short, they don?t have it. The police have been mischievous. There is more to it than meet the eye.
“The matter is in court and we should allow the court to handle the case and wait for the outcome of the matter.”
The legal practitioner further alleged that Evans has been denied access to his wife and other family members.
He said: “We are scared something terrible may have happened to him because of the way police has handled this matter so far especially the way his movement from Lagos was shrouded in secrecy. How would we have known if not your paper (Saturday Sun) which exposed the move in your report last weekend?
“From our own investigation, we learnt he was first dumped in an underground cell at the force headquarters in Abuja. Though we have also heard that he has been moved to a secret location believed to be the FCID cell in Garki area of Abuja, we are yet to confirm that or his exact location and wellbeing as we speak.?”