Nigerian Police Dismiss Officer Over Fraud, Collusion With Zion Ministry’s Ebuka Obi Against Blogger ‘Ijele Speaks’

A Zone 7 Legal Section legal officer, DSP Peter Ejike, has reportedly been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force for fraud.

Ejike was implicated in colluding with Prophet Ebuka Obi of Zion Prayer Movement Outreach to prosecute a blogger and content creator, Chizorom Harrison Ofoegbu, popularly known as “Ijele Speaks.”

In December 2024, Ejike, alongside Inspectors Ekende Edwin, Esther Okafor, and Sergeant Talabi Kayode, all stationed at Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja, was suspended following allegations of misconduct.

Sources confirmed to SaharaReporters on Saturday that Ejike and the other officers have now been officially dismissed.

“The officer, Peter Ejike, who collaborated with Prophet Ebuka Obi to unlawfully prosecute Ijele Speaks, has been sacked for another case of fraud,” a source disclosed.

When contacted, the spokesperson for the Police Service Commission (PSC), Ikechukwu Ani, stated he could not confirm the dismissal at the time and requested a follow-up on Monday.

Ani, however, explained that the PSC oversees disciplinary actions for senior officers, while the Inspector General of Police handles cases involving junior officers.

Corruption and Embezzlement Case

The dismissed officers were involved in an incident on August 26, 2023, at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, where they intercepted ₦74,950,000 being transported by Andrew Ejah, an employee of FATFAD Cargo Nigeria Limited.

The officers misrepresented the recovered amount as ₦31,790,000, embezzling ₦43,160,000.

According to a statement by ACP Muyiwa Ogunjobi, the officers detained Ejah without authorization and demanded a percentage of the money to suppress the investigation.

The case was escalated after the rightful owners of the money petitioned the Force Headquarters. Investigations revealed that the officers conspired to steal ₦43,160,000, attempting to cover their tracks with various tricks, including false narratives to online platforms.

The officers were suspended after being found guilty of misconduct, tampering with evidence, corruption, and abuse of office.

The Case Against ‘Ijele Speaks’

The situation surrounding blogger Ijele Speaks escalated when he accused Prophet Ebuka Obi of performing fake miracles.

Following a petition by Obi, the police arrested the blogger on charges including cyberstalking and conduct likely to cause a breach of peace.

In September 2024, human rights advocate Prince Okechukwu Emezu wrote to the Inspector General of Police, highlighting the blogger’s unlawful detention.

Emezu accused Officer Ejike of using personal vendettas to manipulate the legal system, causing severe health complications for Ijele Speaks during his detention.

Emezu alleged that Ijele Speaks was transferred multiple times, denied bail despite meeting conditions, and ultimately poisoned while in custody at Ikoyi Prison, leading to kidney failure and cardiac arrests.

The blogger narrowly survived after intervention from compassionate prison staff.

The lawyer said his client’s “health had deteriorated significantly.

“It is in Ikoyi Prison, where prison staff sympathetic to IPOB and influenced by Mr. Obi’s Zion Ministries, systematically poisoned Mr. Ofoegbu.

“Within days, this led to the catastrophic failure of both of his kidneys. Sir, this was not a coincidence, but a deliberate act designed to cripple and silence him.

“He suffered multiple cardiac arrests and only narrowly survived, thanks to the intervention of a compassionate prison officer who alerted his family.

“It was after this intervention, vis-a-viz, that Chukwuka has alerted his family that the prison authority dubiously and hurriedly sent him to a hospital, located in Lagos where he would be diagnosed of kidney failure,” he said.