Ms Chinyere Amuchienwa Igwegbe, ex-mistress of former Imo governor Chief Ikedi Ohakim, was Thursday arrested and detained at Area 10 Police Station, Abuja, for allegedly furnishing police authorities with false information in her petition against the ex-governor.
She had petitioned the former governor over allegations of N500, 000, 000 debt, and threat to her life. It will be recalled that the lady and Ohakim had been entangled in highly publicized lawsuits, some of which were brought before the High Court of Imo State by Ohakim’s lawyer, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor.
Her failure to prove her claims made the police to institute a court case against her at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory with the inspector general of police as the complainant and Ms Igwegbe as defendant.
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Anaedoonline.ng reports that Chief Ohakim, via Adulbert Legal Services, in a letter dated 12th February 2021, requested that the IG be put on notice with regards to all the criminal charges contained in charge no: CR/993/2020 pending before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and charge no: FHC/ABJ/CR/287/2920, pending before Federal High Court, Court, Abuja.
The petition, entitled ‘Re: Unlawful and Malicious Prosecution, Harassment, Intimidation, Defamation and False Information Against Ikedi Ohakim At The Behest Of Ms Chinyere Igwegbe’ called on the police authorities to investigate the allegations.
The police authorities instituted a case against her at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The first charge read, “That you, Chinyere Amuchienwa Igwegbe, ‘F’, of 7B, Emelda Estate, Apo, Abuja, on or about the 14th August 2020, within the jurisdiction of this honorable court did furnish police authorities with false information via allegations in a petition by your solicitors, AGALA & AGALA Chambers, to a public servant against (1) Dr Ikedi Ohakim (2) Chinedu Okpareke on allegations of criminal conspiracy, criminal intimidation, defamation of character, attempted kidnapping and threat to life, punishable with imprisonment, which could not be substantiated and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 140 of the Penal Code Laws of Northern Nigeria.”
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The other charges are that she furnished police authorities with false information via allegations in a petition by her solicitors, AGALA & AGALA Chambers, against Dr Ikedi Ohakim on the false allegations that ‘you paid Dr Ikedi Ohakim the sum of N500,000, 000.00 only for the purchase of a land in Lagos during the 2019 election, which could not be substantiated; and that she, ‘between late 2017 and mid 2018, within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, intentionally exposed your genital organs and intentionally caused distress to other parties and that you did so with a selfie video with intention of deriving sexual pleasure from such act and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 26(3) of the Violence against persons (Prohibition) Act 2015.’
Our correspondent gathered that Ms Igwegbe had been evading arrest and also refused to honour police invitations to prove her allegations. She also instituted another civil action against Chief Ohakim on the same allegations have now landed her in a criminal court.
Her arrest followed a tip-off, a police source said, adding that she would be arraigned at the FCT High Court 13 either tomorrow or next Monday.
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