Maduako Igbokwe I Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023
LAGOS, Nigeria – Mr. Ozo Jeff Nweke, the alleged sponsor of women who went nude during protest in Awka, Anambra State has been arrested.
Anambra state Police Commissioner, CP Aderemi Adeoye who confirmed the arrest,said he was arrested in Abuja on Monday.
Adeoye who spoke to our reporter via phone said , “yes Ozo Jeff Nweke has been arrested and he was arrested in Abuja”
Adeoye revealed that, during his three months in office as the CP he has witnessed acknowledgement of several petitions from various communities in the state “accusing Ozo Jeff Nweke of using armed operatives of his Blue Shield Security Company for land grabbing.”
Investigations by Starconnectmedia.com revealed that Ozo Nweke was trailed and arrested in Abuja.
Ozo Jeff Nweke who is owner of a private security outfit, Blue Shield Nigeria Limited has been severally accused of land grabbing and others .
The protesting naked women demanded for redeployment of Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Akin Fakorede and Inspector Monday Umana.
Ozo Jeff Nweke was also accused of sponsoring the women nude protest in Awka, demanding the deployment of some senior police officers.
Following the protest ,the police released some records of his alleged criminal activities, describing him as a fugitive on the run to avoid Justice.
Aderemi Adeoye said he been charged to Federal High Court and State High Court in Awka but he refused to appear in court. Because of non his appearance in court , Adeoye threatened a bench warrant for the arrest of Nweke at the next court sitting.
They also accused Nweke, of taking advantage of his private security outfit, Blue Shield Security to threaten their peaceful existence as law-abiding community.
The spokesman of the protesting group, Peter Onuekwusi alleged that Nweke was taking advantage of his real estate firms, Mango and Lion Property Nigeria Limited and Fourways Court Estate to appropriate ancestral lands belonging to Enugwu-Agidi.
