Chief Arthur Eugene Nworah Is Not A Kidnapper , So Said Anambra State Based Federal High Court

A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State has absolved an Onitsha based businessman, Chief Arthur Eugene Nworah of kidnapping and illegal importation of arms leveled against him by the operatives of the State Anti Robbery Squad, SARS.

 Ruling on the motion filed by the counsel to Chief Nworah, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejofor, the presiding Judge, Justice M.L.Abubakar also awarded the sum of N2 million against the Anambra State police command for illegal detention of the applicant and set him free from all the charge against him.

 Speaking shortly after the court session, Chief Nwora who spoke through his counsel, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor alleged that his problem started some time in 2005 when he had contact with an oil magnet, Sir Emeka Offfor who incidentally hails from the same community with him.

 He alleged that his encounter with Sir Emeka Offfor in 2005 led to some business transaction which involved over N900 million, adding that his ordeal in the hands of the SARS operatives in Awkuzu was allegedly masterminded by his business rivals.

 Chief Nworah also while brandishing a petition he wrote against the operatives of the SARS in the state also alleged “after Sir Offor tricked me to believe he was going to help me to clear my containers, I never believed he would turn his back against me but when it eventually happened, I was angry and resorted to prayers when one day, my wife told me some policemen were looking for me everywhere and I decided to go to the police station myself to know why they were looking for me and they clamped me into detention”

 Chief Nworah also alleged that during his stay in police cell, there were plots by police authority on allege orders of a businessman from the state to eliminate him and said his release from the cell in the orders of the court was necessitated by the statement from the state counsel who said he found nothing incriminating against him.

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