#JusticeForElizabeth: Kogi State Commissioner Danga & Elizabeth Rape Scandal. Danga Released

The police have released Mr Abdulmumuni Danga, Kogi State Commissioner for Water Resources, who assaulted and raped a lady over a Facebook post after pressure from Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi.

The police would however, be charging Danga to court within three weeks.

Danga was interrogated at the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Gender Unit, Force Intelligence Bureau, FCID, Abuja.

He wrote a statement after intense persuasion from the police.

A source within the police confirmed to the press that Governor Bello pressured the police to ensure the commissioner does not spend the night at the police station.

After about four hours at the FCID, the police released Danga, allowing him to walk freely out of the station without assurance of him returning when summoned, a source at the police FCID told the press.

“After interrogation, the police allowed him to go. He was pestered to write a statement. The statement would be added to the evidence that has been collected and he would be charged to court within three weeks,” the source said.

The victim identified as Elizabeth, had in a posted on her Facebook wall urged the commissioner to assist his kid sister and other members of his family financially.

Speaking with the press, Elizabeth said she decided to make the Facebook post following series of complaints by the commissioner’s sister to her.

The post did not go down well with the commissioner, who hired a thugs to seize Elizabeth from her home in Lokoja with her three-year-old son.

“On getting there, they flogged me. He flogged us himself, stripped me naked and made a video of me threatening to post it when next I make any public comment about it,” she said.

Narrating how the commissioner raped her, she said Danga held her captive and took her to a hotel at night where he forcefully had sex with her.

She expressed fear for her life, revealing that she and her family members were receiving threats from loyalists and thugs of the commissioner.

SEGA L'éveilleur writes on the case: 

The Kogi Commissioner that allegedly battered and raped Ms. Elizabeth is now in Custody at the

@PoliceNG FHQ after several attempts to obstruct justice by the Governor of the state. He is currently making a statement & we hope he will be detained & charged for his infringement.

The pressure from the state Governor to have this man walk free despite his crime against humanity is unthinkable. We are calling on the

@PoliceNG_CRU and the office of the IGP to ensure justice is served. He must be charged to court for his abuse based on evidence gathered.

Violence against women must never become a norm neither should it be reinforced by the political class. Elizabeth has gone through Hell. There’s been many threats to her life on the record & the @PoliceNG investigation have all the evidence. #JusticeForElizabeth #EndImpunity

They made a call to Elizabeth telling her she can be killed by the whim of she refuses to let it go. They dictated several Facebook posts to her to make in order to be free from their crosshairs. The police have this on the record. That man must not be let off the hook.

@SIAF_NG

It took over two months to get Hon Danga to answer for his crimes at the FHQ due to obstruction from the Kogi State Governor. He is refusing to make statement and he is proving he is above the law. I have called the CP in charge of Intelligence to alert him the world is watching.

Appreciate all CSOs working tirelessly to ensure justice is served as led by @FIDANigeria while @SIAF_NG monitors the police end of things. There must be no compromise. He must be charged lest we make a mess of our criminal justice system. @PoliceNG

He is still in custody and have realized that he is in a Fishbowl being observed by the entire world. He is now cooperating and have started writing his statement. We recommend detention for aggravated assault, threat to life and rape. #EndRapeCulture #JusticeForElizabeth

After writing his statement and invitation of the petitioner for their bit alongside

@FIDANigeria and their lawyers by the investigation, the Kogi Commissioner was released on bail pending the need to invite him again as the investigation proceeds. I called the ACP in charge too.

Till now we are unsure the condition of his bail and why he was released despite the damning evidence against him. We also acknowledge the pressure from Kogi Governor and police’s subservience to political push due to the lack of operational independence. We are watching!

We ensure we called all the senior officers that gave him an audience to register the fact that we are monitoring the process and if need be will be calling out each and every should wads of Naira activate its magic as often done in high profile cases. #EndRapeCulture

This is unlike any other case but a Rape allegation that is supposed to be a crime against the state. Unfortunately the chief security officer of the state is the one obstructing justice. It’s a game of evidence & we came with a trailer load. #EndRapeCulture #JusticeForElizabeth