- Says Gbagi is not above the law and must be arrested to face charges in court
The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, Mr. Hafiz Mohammed Inuwa has said that Delta politician and former junior Minister of Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi is still on police wanted list.
He stated that Gbagi could run for as long as he wished, but the long arm of the law is bound to catch him.
The CP made the statement this week, when members of the Indigenous Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), paid him a courtesy visit in Asaba.
Mr Inuwa said that Gbagi had rushed to Abuja to obtain an interim injunction to restrain him from being arrested, after trying to blackmail him ( the CP) – maintaining that he would still arrest him to face the many offences brought against him by several complainants.
The Delta State Commissioner of Police said the embattled politician stripped his workers, including married women and forcefully withdrew money from their accounts for allegedly stealing five thousand naira in his hotel- Signatious Hotel and Suites. He added that the dehumanizing act was perpetuated in the presence of a minor.
The Police Chief affirmed that when the matter was reported, he ordered an investigation into the matter and gave him the opportunity to personally report himself.
Mr Inuwa revealed that Gbagi pleaded to be allowed to bury his elder sister that died that weekend and to report to the police on Monday, only to stealthily travel to Abuja to obtain an order restraining the police from arresting him.
“I did him a favour, believing he was an elder, but it turned out to be lies. After his sister’s burial on Sunday, he took excuse to finish up some work at the court and report before 3pm on Monday. He kept on lying that he was close to my office that day until later in the night when it dawned on me I had been lied to.
“Gbagi does not fear God, he took advantage of my gentle disposition to the case, because I believed a man of his stature could be honest a little to respect the favour of a Police Commissioner. He even started blackmailing me in the process, that some human rights group and the State Attorney General had bribed me.
“Gbagi is not above the law, not even with me. He must have obtained an interim injunction to evade arrest, but there are several cases against him warranting his arrest. I will not talk to him again, but I will definitely arrest him if I see him.
“Let me tell you dear friends, until we start demystifying these so called big men who think they are above the law, they will not understand how a bitter pill tastes. He could have been playing people all along, but not with me. Let him keep running, all I know is that he is still being wanted by the Command”, the CP stated.