Pharmacist Arrested For Masterminding Kidnap of Boss With Evans Has been Released
Emeka Egbulugha and Chief Donatus Dunu |
I have passed through the valley of death”. Those were the words,
depicting a high sense of lamentation, from Emeka Egbulugha, 33, the
pharmacist working with Maydon Pharmaceutical Company in Ilupeju, Lagos,
whose boss, Chief Donatus Dunu, was abducted and kept in captivity for
over 90 days, at the Igando area of the state.
Chief Donatus Dunu, regained his freedom miraculously. Although, even
after he had paid a ransom of N150m, Evans and his boys did not allow
Dunu go. He reportedly escaped just few hours to the time slated by his
abductors to kill him.
After his escape, Chief Dunu gave a vivid account of his sordid
experiences while in captivity, to the police. Shockingly, he named some
of his staff, allegedly led by Emeka, as the mastermind of the kidnap.
The suspects were subsequently rounded up and detained by the
anti-kidnap unit of the police. Incidentally, just few days after the
kingpin of the dreaded kidnap gang was arrested, Emeka and two other
staff of the company, were brought before the gang for identification.
Surprisingly, both Evans and other members of his gang denied knowing
Emeka or any staff of the pharmaceutical company. This led to their
being granted bail by the court pending when police will conclude their
investigations. The search for Emeka and his colleagues was not an easy
one; but it became rewarding as he opened up after an accidental
encounter. Excerpts;
“My name is Emeka Godson Egbulugha. I graduated from the University of
Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria. I am a Pharmacist by profession. I
got employed by Maydon Pharmaceuticals Limited in 2013, as a Medical
Representative. In 2014, Chief Donatus Dunu, the Chief Executive Officer
of Company accused his then Superintendent Pharmacist of embezzlement
of fund. The Pharmacist later filed a suit against Chief Dunu and the
Company in court which is still pending. Following my performance in the
same year, he promoted me to the post of a Superintendent Pharmacist.
In the course of work,
I combined the job of a Superintendent Pharmacist with that of a Medical
Representative in order to please him. “On February 14, 2017, our CEO,
Chief Dunu was kidnapped and the senior staff heard of it on February
15, 2017. At that point, we all started fasting and praying for him to
be released and I personally went to Church to pray for him and the
church at large also prayed for his release. To my greatest surprise, on
May 12, 2017, I was at the University of Lagos for a supply when Mr.
Gbenga (The Human Resources Manager) of Maydon Pharmaceutical called me
and asked where I was, I told him that I was at Unilag Pharmacy. He
asked me if I was coming to the office immediately and I told him that I
needed to go to Ikeja (Mother & Child Hospital) for another supply
before returning to the office.
“When I finished the supply, I rushed back to my office and within a few
minutes, some policemen and women came into my office and asked me if I
was Emeka, I said yes. They asked me what my duty was in the company
and I told them that I am the Superintendent Pharmacist; they said yes,
that I was the one they were looking for.
They handcuffed and took me to Ilupeju Police Station where I was beaten
up and accused of kidnapping my boss. They told me that while my boss
was in captivity, he heard my voice calling the person in charge of
warehouse to load goods worth N7million Naira. Within the space of 45
minutes, the staff in charge of Warehouse were brought inside the cell
at Ilupeju Police Station, and later, they took us to Anti-kidnapping
& Anti-Cultism Office at Surulere, Lagos. “On May 13, 2017, the
policemen started their investigation. They took me and the staff
in-charge of Warehouse in handcuffs to our houses for a search. At my
house, they took my mobile phone sim cards, laptop and cheque books for
further investigation. Three weeks after our detention, the policemen
went to the warehouse with the person in charge of the warehouse in
company of Chief Dunu’s elder brother, Mr. Anslem Dunu, the Chief
Accountant, the Director of Business and Development and Assistant
Warehouse keeper, and they found out that his claim of looting his
warehouse was not true. His goods were intact. Some goods were even
surplus.
“After the stocktaking, Chief Dunu told the police that he had
additional statement to make. It was at this time, that Chief Dunu
claimed he saw me in the place where he was kept in captivity by the
kidnappers. Whilst in detention, the warehouse keeper and I prayed and
fasted daily for Almighty God to vindicate us from this false accusation
and character assassination.
“On May 19, 2017, the Policemen took us to Yaba Magistrate Court to
obtain a detention order from the court pending for further
investigation. The court asked them to return on June 6, 2017, to inform
the court of the status of their investigation. On that date, the
police asked for three additional weeks to detain us but our lawyers
opposed the application and applied for our bail. The court adjourned to
June 16, 2017 for ruling on our bail application.
“To the glory of God, on June 10, 2017, the police apprehended Evans and
his gang members and paraded them to the public on Sunday, June 11,
2017, at the Police Command, Ikeja. On Wednesday, June 14, 2017, the
three of us detained at Anti-Kidnapping, Surulere, for conspiring with
Evans and his gang to kidnap Chief Dunu, were taken to the Police
Command, Ikeja (SARS office), before Evans and members of his gang for
an identification parade. In our presence, the policemen asked Evans and
his cohorts if they know any of us. They all said that they have never
seen us before. In a bid to nail me in particular, they asked Evans to
point at the pharmacist that gave him the information about Chief
Donatus Dunu and he said, none of us gave him information, that he had
not seen any of us before.
The Police asked Evans’ second in command in-charge of where they kept
Chief Donatus Dunu to point at the pharmacist that do come there to make
calls, and he said that he has not seen any of us before. The police
officer told him that one of us said that we know him and he said, if
any of knows him, he should talk and tell him where the person knew him
from and where. “After this face-to-face identification, we were asked
to go and were taken back to detention at Surulere. On June 16, 2017, we
went back to court and our lawyers informed the court about what
happened after the hearing of June 6, 2017, but the lawyer who
represented the police prosecutor could not confirm if, indeed, we were
paraded before Evans and his gang members. The court then adjourned the
matter to June 20, 2017. On that date, the court, after listening to the
Police lawyer and our lawyers, granted us police bail, pending
conclusion of police investigation. ’This was after 40 days of
detention.
“I must state that I am still in shock as to how Chief Dunu decided to
level such weighty allegations against me. Since I joined his company
until the date of his kidnap, I have never had any issues with him. I
have never had any case against anybody even throughout my University
days, let alone kidnapping my boss,” he concluded. The police are still
continuing their investigations in this unfolding Evans saga.
VANGUARD
Category: Nigeria National News
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