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‘They Were All Aware That I Was Pregnant,’ Woman Insists Police Responsible For Miscarriage

   Advertisement Nzube Obiechina, one of the petitioners at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing cases of rights violations by men of … Continue reading ‘They Were All Aware That I Was Pregnant,’ Woman Insists Police Responsible For Miscarriage


 

Nzube Obiechina, one of the petitioners at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing cases of rights violations by men of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, on Tuesday insisted that she lost her two-month pregnancy following arrest and detention by the police.

The police during cross-examination of the petitioner, Obiechina, had told the panel that Obiechina is sister to an alleged notorious kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans.

The Legal Officer, Intelligence Response Team, Nosa Uhumwango also told the panel there are contradictions in her statement and her testimonies.

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Uhumwango said Obiechina was arrested in 2017 because her phone number and that of her husband were allegedly used by the notorious alleged kidnapper, Evans, to make contact with the family of a kidnap victim to collect $1million ransom.

Uhumwango told the panel that the police traced three phone numbers used by Evans in the operation and collection of the $1m ransom and the phone numbers of the couple – Mr and Mrs Obiechina were two of the three numbers.

Obiechina however insisted that she was tortured while in detention and was not released until her husband raised and paid the amount of money requested by the police.

“They were all aware that I was pregnant, they were aware.

“My husband was bailed first because of money. They now sent him to get money to bail me. So I spent an extra one week in the cell before my husband was able to rally round for money to come and bail me.

“So, we were not released on the same day and our statements were not taken on the same day. I spent three days in the cell before they took my statement,” Nzube Obiechina said.

She also claimed that she was beaten and tortured before kept in detention. She also claimed that she was denied release despite the fact that she told the police officers that she was pregnant.

When asked why she did not write in her statement that she was pregnant, Obiechina said, “I wrote the statement based on the questions they (the police) asked me. They did not ask if I was pregnant or not. They were asking me questions and asking me to write based on the questions they were asking.”