An Abuja-based businessman, Alhaji Mubarak Musa, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, and the Department of State Service (DSS) over threat to his life and family.

In a series of petitions addressed to the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Inspector General of Police, the complainant, who is the Chairman of Al-Mubee Group, alleged that a suspected Abuja thug (name withheld) had on two occasions stormed his construction site and physically assaulted him and destroyed his property.

The petitions sighted by our reporter were filed by Mustapha Mahmud Ibrahim Chambers, for the said incidents which occurred on December 1, 2022 and February 4, 2023.

In a petition to the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, Musa alleged that the suspect attacked him at his site in Wuye, Abuja, with three vehicles loaded with arm thugs and started destroying his property.

He said: “I wish to bring to your notice that as a law abiding citizen, the suspected thug has been threatening to kill me and take over my property since last year, which necessitated my petitions to the Minister of Justice/Attorney General, Inspector General of Police, Department of State Security Service dated December 1, 2022, seeking the intervention and investigation from the relevant authorities.”

The complainant lamented that rather than arresting and inviting the suspect for investigation, he moves around in disdain for constituted authority, “resorts to names dropping that he has all senior officers of the law enforcement in his pay roll and that his senior brother is a military general.”

Musa added: “On February 4, 2023, at about 11:40 a.m., he went to my site in Wuye Abuja with three vehicles loaded with arm thugs and started destroying my property, shooting into the air, attacking my private guards and workers in the site with cutlass, iron rod and sticks.

“The private security guard responded and overpowered and chased away the armed thugs, who fled leaving the suspect, before police men from Wuye Division brought the situation to normalcy.

“My private security guard and other workers on the site, who sustained various degrees of injuries from the attack, were rushed to hospital for medical attention.

“I am using this medium to call on the commissioner of police to use his office to urgently arrest this ugly situation before it degenerates to loss of life.” He further alleged that he once received a message from a man claiming to be a DSS personnel and requesting him to report in his office tomorrow morning.

“The text reads thus-My name is Julius. I am directed to invite you to the DSS FCT Command, Asokoro by 10 am tomorrow, Friday, December 2022,” he alleged.

Based on the foregoing, he craved the indulgence of the IGP and DSS to swiftly intervene on the matter. In another petition to the IGP made available to The Guardian, Musa applied for armed policemen from the Special Protection Unit ISPO Bases 7 and 20 to provide guard and escort duties to his company, AL-MUBEE Group.

The said company specialises in general contract and merchandise with a good number of expatriates, Indigenous staff and engineers who manage the affairs of the company.

In the petition, requesting for police protection, the company said since their services require that they move from one place to another,while discharging their legitimate duties, “our request is necessitated by the prevailing security breach across the country and to ensure that our expatriates and indigenous staff, as well as the Chief Executive Officer of our company, are safe and able to carry out our duties without fear of attack by hoodlums.”

Meanwhile, in a letter of invitation by the IG Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and signed by the Commander, CP Tunji Disu, then a DCP, dated December 5, 2022, which was sighted by The Guardian, the suspect was invited to come in for an interview.

The invitation read thus: “This office is investigating a case of criminal conspiracy, breach of trust, issuance of dud cheque, obtaining by false pretence, cheating and intimidation against you.

“In furtherance of investigation, you are kindly requested to interview the officer in-charge FIB-Intelligence Response Team (IRT), to respond to the allegation. Kindly report to Inspector Julius Ishaya, on arrival. Your cooperation in this regard will be highly appreciated, please.”

Despite the invitation, the suspect did not turn up.

Meanwhile, a senior police officer, who confirmed the invitation, said the suspect has been on the run. The officer said he would be arrested and brought to answer the allegation. (The Guardian)

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