[News] Businessman whose property was burgled accuses police of detaining him for murder after someone died

A man named Mouka Emmanuel has cried out for help after being detained by police when a man who allegedly broke into his property died.

 

Mr Mouka explained that his business place in Agbor, Delta State, was burgled multiple times in 2022.

 

 

One attack happened on February 12, 2022, so he reported the attacks to the Agbor Police Command and he mentioned “police officer Duke Amerika” as the officer he told about the “repeated robberies and assassination attempts” on him.

 

He said another attack by armed persons followed shortly after.

 

Mouka mentioned that on April 19, 2022, his building was burgled again.

 

On the fateful day, he explained that business closed by 3pm and he left the office section of his property and retired to the private section when another attack was launched on his property.

 

He said that a man named Happy Uboh was the person who allegedly broke into his property on this day and the suspect sent him a message before breaking in to tell him he was sick. Mr Mouka shared with LIB a screenshot of the message Happy Uboh purportedly sent to him.

 

“I dey break down. I need medical attention so I had to go,” the message from Happy Uboh to Mr Mouka read.

 

 

Shortly after the message came in, Mr Mouka said he found out his property was under attack again so he went out of his private residence and found Happy outside asking for help and also for his forgiveness.

 

 

He said his staff did not grant the attackers entry so he had no idea how they got into his compound.

 

“He wasn’t bleeding or wounded but I found him on the floor inside my premises,” Mr Mouka said of Happy Uboh’s presence on his property.

 

He said he quickly went out and called

neighbours to help Happy Uboh. He claimed he then went to Agbor police to report that he had found one of the alleged culprits.

 

However, he said the police arrested him, telling him that Happy had died. He said they went on to accuse him of killing Happy Uboh.

 

 

He told LIB: “The police asked me to state an accidental discharge occurred, but I refused. They arrested me and falsified a claim of accidental discharge at Asaba Command, Delta State.”

 

He added that just because he owns a “licensed firearm” they decided to frame him for “murder.”

 

 

He further alleged that he was the victim of multiple attacks from Happy Uboh and other armed men but he is now being persecuted and treated like a criminal.

 

While in police custody, he said he got information that his property was allegedly burgled again by armed men on May 15, 2022, and he showed the extent of the damage done in photos

shared with LIB.

 

 

 

 

He said that he demanded that an investigation be carried out on the attack on his property while he was in police custody but the police have refused to do so.

Mr Mouka said he requested bail and was asked to pay a sum, which he did, yet the police refused to set him free.

 

He added that he wants ‘’justice and his freedom.”

 

He said he wants the case against him to be discharged “given the circumstance indicating me being the victim of an attack at my private residence.”

 

He added: “I have been detained since April 19, 2022, without cause… The situation reflects I am not just a victim but the target of assassination, malicious damage to my property, and other forms of attacks.”

 

He is, amongst other things, asking the police to investigate further attacks on his property while he was in detention as well as the false allegation of ‘’accidental discharge” leveled against him by the police in Agbor division.