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Tonto Dikeh: Why Police Arrested Prince Kpokpogiri
Police authorities on the Power headquarters in Abuja have described as false, the insinuation that Prince Kpokpogiri Joseph, the estranged lover of Widespread Nollywood star, Tonto Dikeh was arrested at Trandcorp Hilton Lodge Abuja as a result of she has a reference to the DIG accountable for Power Prison Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, DIG Joseph Egbunike.
Reasonably, Prince Kpokpogiri who’s at the moment dealing with a pending investigation at Power CID was mentioned to have bypassed Police authorities, went and employed 2 cops connected to Maitsma Police station, took them to Transcorp Lodge and threatened to open hearth at Tonto Dikeh if she didn’t hand over the keys of an SUV to him, Kpokpogiri.
Vanguard investigation confirmed that within the early hours of Tuesday 19, October 2021, at about 12.30 am, Prince Kpokpogiri took his driver and two policemen and went to Transcorp Hilton.
“They blocked a car that was packed there and stayed until 6 am. Kpokpogiri’s driver mentioned he gave the keys to the car to Tonto Dikeh however Prince Kpokpogiri alleged the automobile was stolen.
Within the confusion and argument that ensued, one of many policemen allegedly pointed his gun on the top of Tonto Dikeh, prompting the Safety workforce at Transcorp to alert the Inspector Common of Police..
At that time the IGP, Usman Alkali Baba directed the DIG in cost FCIIB to look into the matter. DIG Egbunike subsequently deployed the Commissioner of Police in Cost Administration at Power CID, CP Umar Sanda and a few police operatives to the scene.
On the scene, Prince Kpokpogiri was mentioned to have change into violent and was allegedly raining insults and curses on the Cops whereas all entreaties for him to settle down failed.
Consequently, when DIG Egbunike was briefed concerning the conduct of Prince Kpokpogiri, he ordered the arrest of the Prince and the policemen that the prince got here with.
Vanguard was informed that his arrest is to allow him to regain his sanity after which he could be questioned on the difficulty about possession or in any other case on the car in query.
DIG Joseph Egbunike confirmed the arrest to Vanguard saying, “Sure, I known as my CP Sanda Umar, CP Administration who despatched officers to arrest them. He (Kpokoogiri) turned insulting and uncontrollable. I ordered his detention to allow him to settle down. Moreover, he has a pending petition in opposition to him which CP Sanda Umar is investigating.”
It will be recalled that Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh had earlier dragged Prince Kpokpogri to the police headquarters, accusing him of extortion, blackmail and menace to life.
A petition written by her lawyer and dated 10 September 2021 demanded a police probe of the politician/lover for a wide range of allegations, together with prison defamation, hacking, cyberstalking, and acquiring by false pretences.
The petition learn: “Our consumer has causes to imagine that Kpokpogri Joesph had planted a closed-circuit tv digicam (CCTV) at non-public areas of his residence and staged-managed these visits with the purpose of blackmailing our consumer.
“She was shocked when someday in August the mentioned Joseph began demanding for the sum of 5 million naira from her and threatened to reveal her nude photos and different such doc regarding her if refuses to pay.
“To actualize this demand, the mentioned Kpokpgri began sending messages, paperwork and information containing delicate info and supplies regarding our shoppers to her telephone whereas releasing some to the general public.
“Our consumer believes that Joseph hacked her telephone and illegally obtained non-public conversations she had with a 3rd social gathering which he, Joseph Kpokpogri then precipitated to be launched to the general public on or concerning the sixth day of September 2021.
“Our consumer has been receiving sequence of threats telephone calls which she believes are being orchestrated by the mentioned Kpokpogri.
“On or concerning the seventh day of September 2021, our consumer obtained a telephone name from this line 09038727436 which threatened her that if she writes something in opposition to the mentioned Kpokpgri, they are going to kill her; that they know the place her son is education and each different element about her.
“By motive of the above, we urge you to make use of your good workplace to trigger an in depth investigation into the above details with a view to bringing Joseph Kpokpgri to ebook.”
Tonto and Kpokpogri are mentioned to have parted methods over allegations he was dishonest on her.
