An Abuja-based businessman, Mubarak Musa, has raised the alarm over an alleged threat to his life.
Musa, who owns a construction company, alleged that his friend, Stephen Achema, on December 1, 2022 and February 4, 2023, stormed his site and assaulted him.
He also accused him of destroying his property.
In a petition addressed to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba; the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami; as well as the Department of State Service, the victim revealed that Achema, after attacking him, threatened to wipe out his family.
In the petition filed by Mustapha Mahmud Ibrahim Chambers titled, ‘Petition against Achema Stephen Akpa for Criminal Intimidation, Assault and Threat to my Personal Life and Property,’ the solicitors appealed to the AGF and the IG to intervene.
It read, “Our client and Mr Achema have been good friends for a while until this afternoon around 12.40pm when Mr Achema stormed our client’s site at Emperor City and Almubee Estate in Wuye District of Federal Capital Territory area of Abuja with hoodlums in their numbers.
“To my greatest surprise as Achema Stephen came down from his vehicle, he came to me directly and started chanting all sorts of words and before I could realise, he slapped me and started punching me with some heavy blows on my face together with his boys.
“In fact, they chased those who wanted to come to my aid away. I was humiliated in front of the public mercilessly for a reason I don’t know.
“Afterward, he returned to his vehicle and told me to watch out for what will happen to me within 24 hours. He then said to me ‘I will kill you.’ I immediately reported to the police at the Wuye Division for swift action.
“After assaulting me, Mr Achema left with a serious warning that he will come back to finish what he has started, threatening that I should either leave Abuja now or he will wipe me out with my family entirely from the face of the earth.”
Musa, in another petition to the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, narrated another alleged visit of Achema to his site in Wuye, Abuja, with thugs, whom he claimed destroyed his property.
According to him, the private security guards responded, overpowered and chased away the thugs and left Achema behind.
He claimed that the guards, who sustained injuries during the attack, were rushed to hospital for treatment.
While alleging that Achema boasted of having the police and soldiers at his beck and call, Musa requested security cover for himself and his company, which he said had expatriates and indigenous staff.
City Round learnt that the IG Intelligence Response Team, in a letter dated December 5, 2022, invited Achema for an interview over “criminal conspiracy, breach of trust, issuance of dud cheque, obtaining by false pretence, cheating and intimidation…”
When contacted on Tuesday, Achema promised to call our correspondent back, but did not.
However, his Chief Security Officer, Olukunle Soyoye, who spoke for him on Wednesday, said Achema was attacked at the construction site.
Soyoye said, “Achema went to the construction site without any intention to cause trouble. It was Musa who hired thugs to attack him. The thugs cut his legs. It was when Achema reported the incident that Musa decided to start writing petitions.”
A former head of the IRT, CP Tunji Disu, whose office handled the case, asked for time to confirm the case.
“Give me time, I will try to find out,” he added.
However, a source at the IRT said Achema had been evading arrest.
“When we sent the letter to him, he ran away to Dubai. Since that time, he has been evading the police,” he added.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, could not be reached for comment as calls and a text message to his number were not replied.
