SaharaReporters has uncovered how a Chief Superintendent of Police currently serving with the Akwa Ibom State Police Command, Mr Celestine Umeh, arrested, detained and framed-up a businessman, Mr Clement Asuquo Etim, and two others on trumped-up charges after he was caught in bed with the wife of Mr Etim in Uyo, the state capital.
It was gathered that CSP Umeh had been having an amorous affair with Mrs Lawrentia Asuquo, Etim’s wife for a long time before he was finally caught at about 7:00pm on April 27, 2020 at their home at Aba Ukpo Estate, which is not too far from where the Akwa Ibom State Police Command in Uyo is located.
Confirming his ordeal to SaharaReporters, Etim said that the randy senior police officer had been having sexual affair with his wife for a long time and that he has been hoping for a day that he will catch them.
He said, “Whenever I travel to Calabar where I do my business, I usually receive reports that my wife invites her lover, CSP Umeh, to our matrimonial home to spend the night.
“They were having sexual affair in my house not minding the presence of my home help, a boy of 15 years old.”
According to Etim, luck however, ran out on the police officer and his wife when he got a tip off that CSP Umeh was in his house again to spend the night on April 27.
Following that information, Etim decided to return to Uyo.
He said, “On getting home in the evening last Monday, I caught the CSP with my wife enjoying themselves on the matrimonial bed.”
Etim said he was provoked on seeing CSP Umeh in bed with his wife and decided to confront him along with his cousin that came with him from Calabar as a witness.
Following the confrontation, the policeman ran out of Etim’s house with his wife and abandoned his SUV.
About two hours later, heavily armed officers from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad stormed his house with his adulterous wife and arrested him, his cousin, Mr Patrick Okon Edet, and his home help, Christopher Bassey.
They were taken to the Akwa Ibom State Police Command.
On getting to the police command, Etim said that the police tortured him and falsely accused him, his cousin and home help of “assaulting” CSP Umeh and “stealing his mobile phones”.
Etim was detained illegally from April 27 to 30th when he was temporarily released to go and search for the keys of the SUV belonging to CSP Umeh which was abandoned at his house.
However, the cousin and home help were detained in police custody from April 27 April to May 4 when they were arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court in Uyo on trumped-up charges of assault and stealing.
Etim said that when he was released, he decided to go to the hospital for medical checks as blood kept coming out from one side of his ear as a result of torture by the Officer-in-Charge of General Investigation, a Superintendent of Police named Ekene Nwosu, and other policemen at the Akwa Ibom State Police Command.
He said that SP Ekene used a plank to hit his ear and also assaulted his home help and kept shouting at them for fighting with Umeh.
Surprisingly, on getting to his house after he was released, Etim met his three bedroom flat apartment empty.
He said his neighbours and estate management told him that his wife came with strangers and moved out all his properties and household items and relocated to an unknown location.
“When she was confronted by people in the estate, a certain SP Ekene instructed the estate management to allow my wife leave the estate with all my properties or face the consequences,” he said.
According to the charge sheet obtained by our correspondent, the three men were accused of hitting the police officer with a bottle.
Count two, three and four of the charges reads, “That you Clement Asuquo Etim, Patrick Okon Edet, and Christopher Bassey Effiong on the 27th day of April, 2020 at Aba-ukpo Estate, in the Uyo Magisterial District, unlawfully assaulted one Celestine Umeh, a Chief Superintendent of Police, by giving him fist blows all over his body and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 360 Of the Criminal Code, Cap.38, Vol, 2, Laws of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria 2000.
“That you Clement Asuquo Etim, Patrick Okon Edet, and Christopher Bassey Effiong, on the 27th day of April, 2020 at Aba-ukpo Estate, in the Uyo Magisterial District, unlawfully assaulted one Celestine Umeh, a Chief Superintendent of Police, by smashing a bottle on his head which caused him harm. Thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 364 of the Criminal Code, Cap.38. Vol.2, of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria, 2000.
“That you Clement Asuquo Etim, Patrick Okon Edet, and Christopher Bassey Effiong on the 27th day of April, 2020 at Aba-ukpo Estate, in the Uyo Magisterial District, did steal Samsung phones valued at N135,000 and infinity car key being property of one Celestine Umeh, a Chief Superintendent of Police, and thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 408 of the Criminal Code.”
Source:- Sahara reporters
That police idiot deserve death
the mistake you made was that you would have seized his clothes and take pictures of him and demand 50million compensation
What?
DO U SEE THE TYPE OF COURT NIGERIA DO HAVE? NOT EVEN ASK THE WAY ABOUT OF THE WIFE IN QUESTION. INFACT, THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN NIGERIA.
let the human right lawyers raise for this ma and save him from this mess and let justis prevail
Hahaha, wonderful conspiracy because the investigation will not favour him. He friend are in charge of the investigation. what do you expect from the case.
How are the mighty fallen, what a man sow, so shall he reap. whoever u are ,one day u will retire and give account of ur stewardship
Always be careful with police if u want live long
Am waiting to see what or how this case shall end.
please the Governor of the state needs to hear this one, and at the end of this case both the judge and all the police officer’s who participated on crime should be send to jail then the police officer whom only God Almighty will pay back his evils, let his ten fingers be cut off
chai, you wouldn’t have allow this dog officer to run out, you would have ceased him with your wife call neighbours and take his naked pictures and demand 50million from him.
Nigeria police has turned themselves into terror, they don’t fear God. Only God will judge them for their atrocities committed against innocent Nigeria
Most police officers don’t end well with their families because of impunity and abominable acts carried out against the innocent people of Nigeria. Let justice prevail and they will suffer
THAT’S WHY PEOPLE NO LONGER MAKE MOUTH THAT THEY HAVE A COPPER POLICE AS A RELATION. IF I WERE THE HUSBAND, I WILL KILL THAT MR UMEH SPIRITUALLY.
I think they said police is our friends,while now they were sleeping with civilian wife, sending us to prison,Omo, Nigeria issue is getting out of hand.
he should get a good lawyer so that the stupid idiot can be disgraced by God’s grace. No sinner will go unpublished.
was the man mad to do such a thing ? police officers remember the judgement day and fear GOD who is a consuming fire.The BIBLE says all liars including the wife of that innocent businessman that was lied against by CSP shall have their part in the lake of fire. Oga CSP you may cover your sin and nobody may know but you cannot hide from GOD.therefore repent from this your wickedness against Divinity & Humanity. Mr CSP if you are to handle such BTW another man with some one else’ wife what will you have done.Finally, remember the account of David and Uriah.
The civil Rights commission or their agents must ride in support of the poor man and his family
U people should blame the stupid woman
This is beautiful evil conspiracy of police as whole . But God will interven for the innocent man and his cousin and his prostitute wife she must reap the bad seed she planted
I believe in God so much that, the police man will not go unpunish .And all the atrocities committed will come to an end with God I trust.