By Bukola Kayode
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has handed over fleeing Enugu State-based native doctor Obi Obieze to the Lagos State Police Command after he was arrested on Wednesday at the Gbaji checkpoint along the Badagry-Seme Expressway in an attempt to escape the country.
Obieze’s capture after allegedly offering an NIS officer a huge bribe was recorded in a viral video.
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has handed over Enugu State-based native doctor Obi Obieze to the Lagos State Police Command after he was arrested on Wednesday at the Gbaji checkpoint along the Badagry-Seme Expressway in an attempt to flee the country.
The suspect, who was brought in by NIS operatives yesterday, was seen wearing a mask and restrained with both hand and leg cuffs during the handover to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Olohundare Jimoh, at the Command headquarters.
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Selected journalists invited to witness the handover were not permitted to speak with the suspect.
Recall that social media on Tuesday erupted with a story on angry youths from Umumba Ndiagu community in Ezeagu Local Government Area, Enugu State, alleging Ezeani, who claimed to be a businessman, was using his vast compound for kidnapping and criminal activities.
They also alleged that it was discovered that the native doctor kills and buries people alive in his compound.
The youths of the community stormed the captured businessman’s residence only to discover that the native doctor, Ezeani, had soakaway pits that were said to be filled with the dead bodies of human beings.
He allegedly kidnapped his victims, including pregnant women and children, and buried them alive for ritual purposes.
The discovery threw the community into shock and sadness prompting the youths to attack and burn his house.
Reports have it that Obieze, also known as Obu Onyeka, was attempting to escape to Seme on a commercial Bajaj motorcycle when personnel of the NIS Lagos State Border Patrol Command apprehended him at about 2:00 pm.
Further findings revealed that Obieze, had earlier escaped arrest and boarded a night bus to Mile 2 in Lagos, arriving around 10:00 am., according to a source.
“The commercial motorcyclist had passed the immigration checkpoint at Gbaji when an officer, recognizing the suspect, ordered the rider to stop.
“Obieze attempted to flee, but officers quickly apprehended him and took him to the command office.
“He was detained in the NIS cell while the Controller of the Lagos State Border Patrol Command contacted NIS headquarters regarding the arrest,” Vanguard quotes a source as saying.
Obieze, who is also known native doctor was accused of involvement in the kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl earlier this month.
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