A woman, Jennifer Madueke, has been detained by the Lagos State Police Command over a missing service pistol belonging to the Denton Divisional Police Officer, CSP Adegoke Akinlade.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the 29-year-old, after spending three days in a detention facility at the Denton Police Station, Ebute Meta, where she was allegedly tortured to confess to the crime, was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba.
Our correspondent learnt that Madueke and Akinlade once dated and separated after the police officer was transferred out of Lagos over seven years ago.
A credible source said after the officer was posted back to Lagos, the lovers did not return to the relationship as they lost each other’s contacts.
The source said sometime in 2021, they met and exchanged phone numbers.
“That was when the DPO, who was married, proposed that they continue with the relationship.
“On Friday, August 27, he invited the lady to his office and slept with her till Saturday morning. He released her to go around 5am and even saw her off to the bus stop.
“They did not see each other again until last Saturday, September 4, when he invited the girl and told her they should go out.
“However, when she went to see him, he detained her and accused her of stealing his service pistol. He kept her in his cell till Monday, September 6. While the girl was in the cell, he asked his boys to torture her to make confessional statements.
“On that Monday, he took her to an herbalist on Jebba Street, Ebute Meta, around 8am. The herbalist told him that it was the girl that took the pistol, but she denied the allegation. It was from there he took her to the SCIID, Yaba, where she has been detained till now,” the source added.
PUNCH Metro learnt that on Tuesday, September 7, the police at the SCIID took the suspect to her house and ransacked the apartment with the hope of recovering the missing pistol.
The effort, however, failed as nothing was seen.
Another source claimed that the DPO was queried by the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu.
“But why is the CP leaving him in that position when he should have been removed by now? Is that not injustice?” the source queried.
I never slept with her, she tricked me, says police officer
Akinlade, when contacted by PUNCH Metro, confirmed losing his pistol, but insisted it was taken by Madueke, who he claimed also stole N50,000 from him.
He denied sleeping with her in his office or taking her to any herbalist. (Punch)
