Nweke also alleged that he was kept in a police cell at Zone 9 on January 10, 2O23, by officers of the Monitoring Unit, Zone Police Headquarters, Umuahia, Abia State.

According to him, they demanded the release of the phone to them but the O/C told them that charge No: Um/14c/2023 between him (Nweke) and the IGP was allegedly filed at Umuahia North Magistrate Court 8 by the IGP.

He said the O/C also told them that the requested mobile phone and other documents linked to the case were in the custody of the IGP in Abuja.

Therefore, the O/C reportedly asked him to take his application for the release of the phone and other documents to the IGP in Abuja.

SaharaReporters contacted the Public Relations Officer of Zone 9, Umuahia, simply identified as DSP Ihunanya, for comments on the matter.

She requested the details of the case to enable her to process her response but more than 24 hours after reading the details of the case provided to her on WhatsApp, she has yet to respond.

She also did not respond even after a reminder was sent to her.

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