I spent four days at Kuje Prison in October 2025 after I was arrested and charged by the illegal Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, for leading the historic
#FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest.
Ironically, I was not initially arrested when police swooped on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Barrister
@AloyEjimakor , his brother, Prince Kanu, a priest, and several others, who had peacefully honoured the call for the protest. In fact, after their arrest, I even visited them at the FCT Police Command in an effort to secure their bail.
But everything changed when Egbetokun became infuriated following a
@SaharaReporters exposé revealing an embarrassing secret, how Pastor Jerry Uchechukwu Eze
@realjerryeze had visited him inside his office, and was reportedly forced to delete a photo he uploaded showing himself with Egbetokun and "ACP" Bukola Kuti, the IGP’s Personal Staff Officer (PSO 3), and his personal Secretary, who were all at the centre of a major promotion scandal.
As I was being led into detention by CSP Ilyasu Barau at the Anti-Vice Section of the FCT Command, he repeatedly swore that if I stopped calling Egbetokun an “illegal IGP” and stopped exposing his questionable relationships and dalliances with staff, the “war” would end immediately. My lawyer,
@TopeTemokun, was in the car with us and witnessed the entire incident.
That is a story for another day.
Eventually, after a Magistrate granted us bail on Friday, the Magistrate was abruptly sent away. Then, in a shocking twist, CSP Barau physically attacked me in order to forcefully remand me in custody while our bail application was already concluded and ensure I was taken to prison, right within the court premises in Kuje
When I finally arrived at Kuje Prison and settled in, I encountered a man named Jesam Michael, who had been involved in a massive Ponzi scheme that allegedly scammed thousands of Nigerians.
What he told me was both astonishing and revealing.
Jesam claimed that IGP Egbetokun personally provided him with an office inside the Nigeria Police Force
@policeng Headquarters, where he operated freely.
According to him, he “served” and supported police officers and had an entire police unit at his beck and call. With this unit, he allegedly arrested his victims and sent them to prison on cyberstalking charges simply because they demanded refunds for their stolen money.
Even more disturbing, Jesam alleged that his properties were shared among senior police officers. I later learnt that DIG Dasuki Galandanchi (now retired), who he said collected ₦250 million to ensure that the victims of the Ponzi scheme were silenced and prevented from seeking justice.
Jesam, who was given police protection throughout his schemes, also revealed that he dated the female police officer assigned to investigate his fraudulent scheme, an affair he said ultimately contributed to his downfall. The only reason Jesam is in Kuje prison was because the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission took over his case.
I am saying all of this to make it clear that Nigeria does not technically have an Inspector-General of the Nigeria Police Force, even as someone acting in an illegal capacity, you would expect a bit of honor attached to the office.
What we have instead is a mercenary, an enforcer serving the corrupt, the deadly, and the cruel political, business, and criminal class.
And here is Kayode Egbetokun in a cozy photograph with the so-called “Prince of Dubai,” Nzube Ikeji who has been accused of scamming a Romanian woman of over $2.5 million.