No evidence to show how Igwe Frederick Nwajagu’s viral video causes mayhem in Lagos’ – Witness
The investigative Police Officer, IPO from the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID of the Nigeria Police in Lagos has affirmed that though there were pockets of crisis during the last electioneering but there was no evidence to nail any of the crisis to the utterance made by the detained Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos, Fredrick Nwajagu.
The IPO made this statement while being cross examined by Nwajagu’s counsel, Chief Emefor Etudo at the Lagos State High Court in Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, Lagos.
The Police Officer added that he has no evidence of the presense of IPOB in Lagos after Nwajagu’s statement and that there is no evidence whatever to link him up with the militant group.
Nwajagu was arrested by the Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) over an alleged threat to invite members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Lagos to secure properties of Igbo people in the state.
The Igbo leader was arrested on 1st of April, 2023 and has been in detention since then.
His detention was hinged on his alleged threat to invite IPOB To Lagos during the 2023 General Elections.
The force joint team, it was gathered, had traced Nwajagu to his palace before his eventual arrest.
Nwajagu was said to have been tracked to a hotel in Ejigbo, where he was apprehended.
Recall that Nwajagu, in a 49-second video, which has now gone viral in Twitter, had allegedly threatened to invite IPOB members to Lagos to protect some Igbo people and their properties in the state.
The Igbo leader said he had released another video where he recounted the video made earlier but the IPO denied seeing the new video by affirmed he was informed by the Eze.
In the viral video, he said, “IPOB, we will invite them. They have no job. All of the IPOB will protect all of our shops. And we have to pay them. We have to mobilize for that. We have to do that. We must have our own security so that they will stop attacking us in the midnight, in the morning, in the afternoon.
“When they discover that we have our own security, before they will come, they will know that we have our own men there. I am not saying a single word to be hidden. I am not hiding my words, let my words go viral. Igbo must get their right and get stand in Lagos State.”
The Police swiftly reacted to the video, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the command would resist IPOB presence in the state.
The case was later adjourned till 29th of January, 2023 for further hearing.
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