Family Demand Whereabouts Of Bar Owner Tortured, Arrested By Nigerian Security Agents For Allegedly Serving Food, Drinks To ‘Unknown Gunmen In Anambra

The family of Anochie Fidel Ezechukwu, popularly known as 'Wiselabour' has raised the alarm over his whereabouts after a team of security agents invaded his bar and whisked him away last Tuesday.

The bar is in Ukpor town in the Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
SaharaReporters learnt that a combined team of security agents made up of police, officials of the Department of State Services and soldiers, who were hunting for 'unknown gunmen’ terrorising the area, stormed Ezechukwu's bar on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, destroying and looting it.

Victim It was gathered that the ferocious-looking security operatives who were led by soldiers of the Nigerian Army accused him of allowing ‘unknown gunmen’ to drink at the bar.

In a statement made available to SaharaReporters on Wednesday titled "Where Is Mr. Anochie Fidel Ezechukwu", the family said Ezechukwu was neither a criminal nor an unknown gunman.

Signed by Ijeoma Florence, the family narrated, "On Tuesday the 2nd of August, 2022, he woke up like every other hard-working, responsible family man and went about his normal business.

"He runs a Bar/Relaxation spot in his home town in Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State. His business has been boosting the economy of our community in its little way.

"Mr. Ezechukwu was in his spot preparing for the day's business when men of the Nigerian Army and other security forces in full uniform with about 20 vehicles in convoy invaded his business premises and totally destroyed his Bar! They tied him up like a Ram about to be slaughtered, inflicted some fatal injuries on him and took him away to an unknown destination.

"Note that in all these, Mr. Ezechukwu was never on the run, never have any criminal questions/allegation/records on his head. He was not in hiding, and never gave any form of resistance to the arrest. So why tie him up like a chicken? Why trample on his human dignity? Why naked him and reduce him to nothingness? Why destroy the place of business he runs with his wife?

"To date, none of his family members, wife, or friends have been able to locate him.

"The accusation against Mr. Ezechukwu is that unknown gunmen may be patronizing his business. Like how on earth are we reduced to this level in this country? How can someone who runs and manages a Bar/Relaxation Spot offence be that ‘unknown gunmen’ comes to take a drink in his establishment?”

"These are supposed to be unknown gunmen right," the family said, adding "so if they are unknown to the Army and all the security formations whose job is to catch them, then how come these security formations that know these unknown gunmen and the fact that they visit Mr. Ezechukwu's place of business left the unknown gunmen and more or less ‘kidnapped’ Mr. Ezechukwu? Something is not right."

They lamented that "this fate that has befallen Mr Ezechukwu is duplicated all over South East. You are an endangered species if you are a young man living in any part of the South East, especially in Imo and some parts of Anambra.

"The general public should please come to the aid of the family. Help us ask questions. Where is Mr. Anochie Fidel Ezechukwu? HQ Nigerian Army, Nigeria police, members of Civil Society Organisations, ordinary Nigerians, and the masses, help us, please.

"The life of Mr. Ezechukwu, a responsible hard-working Nigerian must not be wasted just like that. He is a family man. His wife must not be made a widow for no just cause.

"All the family asks is that they should know his whereabouts. It is his constitutional right to be entitled to a fair hearing, and be treated with dignity no matter the allegation. He has the right to his family and legal representation!"

His twin brother Anochie Dennis Ezechukwu, who spoke with SaharaReporters, also stated that his family had visited all the security formations in the state and all of them claimed that his brother was not in their custody.
"If my brother is not in their custody, where is my twin brother?" he asked.

He stated that his brother was not a criminal or an unknown gunman, saying if he was a criminal, his community would not have trusted him with leadership positions given to him.

According to him, his brother is the ward leader of Umuolisa-Ehim village, Umunuko Ukpor.

"He is the Secretary of Umuolisa-Ehim village. A revenue officer for Ukpor town union, (covering the Ukpor Central market), and then Security officer at the Celtel Mast in front of his bar/relaxation centre."

Also speaking to SaharaReporters, his wife, Onyinye who witnessed the incident, said that the security agents after looting their business destroyed their shops and took away goat meat pepper soup they had prepared for the day's business.

She noted that they seized her phone to ensure she didn't video their atrocities.
She said, "N50,000 goat slaughtered that day and cooked was taken away together with the pot.

"They took away drinks worth over N200,000 inside three deep freezers. Fish inside the ‘point-and-kill’ worth about N30,000 were all taken away.

"Two electricity generators, two gas burners and a stove, large screen TV sets and several phones they seized from neighbours to ensure that nobody recorded their activities were taken away."

She said the things destroyed by the security officers include several crates of empty beer bottles, tables, chairs, a tarpaulin, and a GP water tank.

She said they also stole some money, a grinding machine, foodstuffs - rice, garri, beans, tomatoes, onion, seasoning cubes, crayfish and other food items she sells.
Onyinye, who said she is taking refuge in a neighbouring community, noted that even her cooking pots, breakable plates, glass cups, ladles and mat were taken away.

Source: https://saharareporters.com/articles/family-demand-whereabouts-bar-owner-tortured-arrested-nigerian-security-agents-allegedly?fbclid=IwAR0iZCM5xS4hvPchiUqy5KPrzqMTTdIq6qBRadoaDwMQgmt_wR8Osgnfbxc

Good one. Cut all their sources of refreshment and logistics, like we are currently dealing with all the terrorists in Nigeria

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I can't be Oppressed

The guy can’t b 100% innocent as portrayed in this write up,let’s wait for d other side of d story

Is he d only one selling drinks in d state?
Y only him?

The last time we check any unknown gunmen caught suddenly turn to innocent hard working citizens

BATified2023:
The guy can’t b 100% innocent as portrayed in this write up,let’s wait for d other side of d story

The last time we check any unknown gunmen caught suddenly turn to innocent hard working citizens

u dey mind this ipob bingo terrorist

More No peace for the wicked.
God bless the Nigerian army.
God bless Buhari
God bless the federal republic of Nigeria

Good one

Arrest all their supporters and logistics suppliers one after the other, ugm must be flushed out of the east

mynd44 lalasticlala

More of this is needed in the southeast

Make Una continue with false alarm..
Na that bar unknown gunmen the hangout .. everybody knows that already

Soludo kill them all.

wishing the day .. Ekpa and his boys will declare war on Nigerian government

That's all I pray for them

Foolish IPOB bingos

I don't believe what this woman is saying


What she narrated here above, thats exactly how "UNKNOWN GUNMEN" have operated in the country and not the Military or Dss

Why accuse the Security force?!

We wait for the military to make a statement

Frigga13:
More of this is needed in the southeast

Make Una continue with false alarm..
Na that bar unknown gunmen the hangout .. everybody knows that already

Soludo kill them all.

I wishing the day .. Ekpa and his boys will declare war on Nigerian government

That all I pray for them

Foolish IPOB bingos

I couldn't contain one single reasonable sentences from your writeup.

Just trash as usual.

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Source https://saharareporters.com/articles/family-demand-whereabouts-bar-owner-tortured-arrested-nigerian-security-agents-allegedly?fbclid=IwAR0iZCM5xS4hvPchiUqy5KPrzqMTTdIq6qBRadoaDwMQgmt_wR8Osgnfbxc[/quotelPOB WILL COME HERE TO DEFEND HIM AS IF HERE NA COURT OF LAW.BEFORE SECURITY MEN COULD COME THERE THERE MUST BE VITAL AND LEGIT INFORMATION ABOUT HIM.MOST UNKNOWN GUNMEN CAPTURED BY SECURITY AGENTS MIGHT HAVE NAMED HIM AS ONE WHO ALWAYS SUPPLY THEM FOOD.THIS NA OBI STATE OH SOME THAT WANT TO RULE NIGERIA.OBI IS IPOB AGENT.

Let go find unknown gun men somewhere else and leave the man alone

OyigboUpdate:
More No peace for the wicked.
God bless the Nigerian army.
God bless Buhari
God bless the federal republic of Nigeria

I reserve my sorry for you the day your busy body will help you loose consciousness of your atrocities. and you will be like nna, let me relax a little bit today; by the time you know

Ogwu's situation will be your turn.

we already know what you agreed to be doing for your paymasters in the east.

Everyday for the thief one day for the owner

All the blood you co organised other bad boys from other regions to be shedding in ibo land order to give ibos and ipob a bad name will never let you have peace.

Because in as much as GOD LIVES you must surely pay him.

ugolightswel1:


I reserve my sorry for you the day your busy body will help you loose consciousness of your atrocities. and you will be like nna, let me relax a little bit today; by the time you know

Ogwu's situation will be your turn.

we already know what you agreed to be doing for your paymasters in the east.

Everyday for the thief one day for the owner

All the blood you co organised other bad boys from other regions to be shedding in ibo land order to give ibos and ipob a bad name will never let you have peace.

Because in as much as GOD LIVES you must surely pay him.

I thought we agreed it was fulani now its Ijelespeaks. Besides u guys killed an innocent man Ugochukwu Oliora from Amaebu in Orsu LGA and not the 'Mayor of Mozambique. Go to facebook search that name.
Secondly why u wan kill the man if this is not a political matter just the way u bingo terrorist declared innocent Cubana chiefpriest wanted that he shared phones to track your people. All because Cubana chiefpriest was in a rally with Hope Uodinma and your esn people that killed your fake moambique youre bragging with said in the video that they were the ones that attacked him the first time and he escaped he wouldnt escapse the second one.

One news baby boy we would smoke u terrorist out of Igbo land

limeta:
Let go find unknown gun men somewhere else and leave the man alone

Next time u will tell us to leave a man that use to sell gun for unknown gunmen because he is not the one shooting the gun. Hence we are not after innocent people like relatives we would go after any acconmplince to crime.

OyigboUpdate:


Next time u will tell us to leave a man that use to sell gun for unknown gunmen because he is not the one shooting the gun. Hence we are not after innocent people like relatives we would go after any acconmplince to crime.

Till then this one is not selling guns
He runs a bar except of cause you bring sharia to the east
Nothing una no fit do

This one is the bar man to the terrorist ipob group, serves him right.

if Nigeria divides, SE will be worse than Somalia!

Nice one. The bar is the place UGm drink and hang out.

Nice one governor Soludo. You gave them time to repent, yet they out. Smoke and kill all of them till the last UGm is down.

Skyview01:
if Nigeria divides, SE will be worse than Somalia!

Iraq and Libya will be a heaven compared to your ritualistic and skull mining region.

If you like call seun.. this fake news is not going to front page...

stanluiz:
Iraq and Libya will be a heaven compared to your ritualistic and skull mining region.

Take a look at what is happening in the SE and prove me wrong!

50k goat.

Are you aware that you will someday have no home?

I will personally make sure of that when the time comes.

It might take years and years but you must surely pay Nna.

You killed millions 1967,we still be majority..

No matter how systematic you try to kill us ,remember very soon you will have no wives and children to return back to in the North..

Igboland payday is close...

You mean he should have asked for their BVN & Police report before serving them drinks.

Mind who you associate with

airminem:
Good one. Cut all their sources of refreshment and logistics, like we are currently dealing with all the terrorists in Nigeria

i would have cursed you, but am tired. Ignorance do really have a great life span. Have you seen the army caught bandits before and treated them like this? Yet, they do more of the killings and bring terror to the eyes of anyone who hear their name.

I don't support any terrorism group, but lol, lets be real, the army won't treat a REAL BANDIT caught in the act like this.