Patience Ogbo/
Police authorities have cleared the name of an Inspector accused of living beyond his means in a video recorded by a masked girl and circulated on social media.
Inspector Christopher Marcel Nnabugwu was accused of owning houses in Government Reserved Area (GRA) and billions in his account, but police investigators said only N20,000 was found in his bank account.
Lagos State commissioner of police (CP), Mr Imohimi Edgal, who punched holes in the trending allegations today, cautioned members of the public, especially users of social media, to avoid peddling lies and mischievous stories.
Edgal said that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris had ordered a thorough investigation of the allegations by the masked lady.
He told reporters: “The attention of the police high command was on Tuesday drawn to a video clip making the rounds in which a lady wearing a black mask to cover her face alleged that one “MCON” whom she later identified as police sergeant Marcel Nnabugwu was living above his means.
“According to the masked woman, Marcel Nnabugwu owns a property at number 27 Remi Fani-Kayode Street, GRA, Ikeja. She went further to estimate that the property is worth over N250,000, 000. She added that he uses an exotic car with customised title ‘MCON’ and whenever he entered into a night club, the club would shut down to attend to his needs.
“The lady also estimated that the sergeant was worth over N2 billion and that he spent millions during his 30th birthday party.
“The lady, therefore, called on the police authority to investigate the source of the wealth of the officer who she further alleged to be serving in Mopol 18, Owerri, in Imo State.”
After seeing the video clip, the IGP ordered Edgal and other units of the Force to investigate the matter.
According to Edgal, the IGP directed him to fish out the policeman and the police swung into action to unravel the Non Commissioned Officer (NCO) mentioned in the video, in other to check the veracity of the masked lady’s allegation.
He said that the investigation by detectives from the Lagos State Command came up with the following findings:
“That there exists, indeed, one Christopher Marcel Nnabugwu, alias MCON. That the said Christopher Marcel Nnabugwu was enlisted into the police force in the year 2000 and was trained at the Police College, Oji River, Enugu State. That, he is presently an Inspector of Police serving at Ogudu Police Division, where he is attached to the Divisional Crime Brand (DCB) and not a police sergeant serving at MOPOL 18 Owerri as alleged.
“That Inspector Marcel Nnabugwu has never served in Police Mobile Force (PMF) since his enlistment into the Nigeria Police. That his picture in Police Mobile Uniform downloaded by the masked woman from his wall on Facebook as attested by the alleger, was the uniform he wore when he went for Mobilization exercise into the PMF for which he was not successful.
“According to the Inspector, his love for PMF made him to wear and took photograph to remember the day he went for the exercise even though he failed.”
Edgal further stated that investigation also revealed that the Inspector does not own a car nor landed property in any part of Nigeria or anywhere else in the world.
He said, “Inspector Christopher Marcel Nnabugwu is currently single owing to his financial status as he is still gathering resources for that purpose. Though the video showed the Policeman singing and dancing but investigation revealed that the Inspector’s hobby include dancing and singing.”
Edgal said: “With this, it goes to show that the masked woman in the video is out to tarnish the image of the police. She is currently on the police wanted list. We will not rest until we arrest her. She will be hunted and when she is arrested she will be charged to court.”
Nnabugwu later spoke with NewsmakersNG.
Asked if he had jilted any woman recently, he said, “I can’t remember any woman I jilted that would want to hurt me like this. In short, the woman I dated in Imo State was the one that jilted me. I can’t also remember any woman that pressurized me for sex or relationship, and I declined, that would go out for me like this. My house rent is N150,000 per anum. I thank God that the investigation has vindicated me.”
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