The Delta State Police Command has declared a popular hotelier, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, wanted for refusing to honour police invitations.
Gbagi was alleged to have dehumanized some of his staff in his Singatious Hotel in Warri by stripping some of them including women.
Following the act, he was invited by the Commissioner of Police through the Area Commander Warri and Divisional police officer Ebrumede Division on September 25, for questioning concerning the alleged assault.
Delta State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, said: “On September 25, Ggagi ordered some of his staff to be stripped naked and physically assaulted them because of an alleged case of stealing which took place at Signatious Hotel belonging to him.
“Kenneth Gbagi personally and severally called and gave the excuse that he was attending the burial ceremony of his elder sister on Friday 25, in which he was a key player, and asked for time to finish with the ceremony on Sunday, thereafter, he would report at the State Headquarters on Monday, September 28, These requests were granted on humanitarian ground.
“On Monday, September, 28, Gbagi called the Commissioner of Police to say that he had a court case to attend to, promising to report at the Police Headquarters in Asaba by 3:00 pm; again he was equally obliged. On the same date, the Commissioner of Police had to call him at about 5:00 pm before the same Kenneth Gbagi said he was on his way to the State Headquarters Asaba. Sadly and unfortunately Kenneth Gbagi still failed to report instead he went into the public space to disparage, blackmail, and maligned the person of the Commissioner of Police and the Nigeria Police Force, Delta State Command for insisting on investigating him.
“Having failed to honor his promises, the Delta State Police Command is left with no option than to declare Gbagi wanted, therefore, members of the public with useful information about his whereabouts are advised to go to the nearest police station to report for his immediate arrest and handing him over to the Command for thorough investigation/prosecution”.
