CYRIACUS IZUEKWE
Police detectives at Nigeria’s Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Bureau have commenced investigation into the mysterious death of an Israeli resident in Nigeria as well as unravel how the corpse was secretly and illegally flown out of the country at night without any valid paper.
The deceased, Omri Atias reportedly died in his businessman brother’s house, David Atias at 67 kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos during a disagreement between them.
The next day, David reportedly arranged the late Omri’s corpse and hurriedly and secretly flew it out of Nigeria without police and doctors’ autopsy report.
There was also no proper documentation indicating that he actually died in Nigeria.
The police have reportedly summoned the suspect to explain his culpability or explain what transpired between him and his late brother, and how he managed to ferry the corpse out of Nigeria.
It was gathered that on receiving the police invitation, David was said to have hurriedly left Nigeria last week and had not return to respond to the allegations.
How David was able to beat all the relevant security agents including the Immigrations at the airport remains a mystery to those who knew what happened and to detectives investigating the matter.
P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the investigation into the saga followed a petition written to the police by one Mrs Motunrayo Ayisire, a former staff of David Atias’s companies, Bartal West Africa Limited and Bashan Nigeria Limited located at Pacific Close off Oregun Road, Ikeja, Lagos.
Ayisire, who is now the director of Divine Spring Integrated Services, in her petition through her counsel, M.O.K. Onamade And Co, alleged that David Atias conspired with two police officers, Supol Seyi Seye and one Niyi to intimidate and cripple her business over his suspicion that she knew much about the incident.
Ayisire alleged that David and the police officers mentioned conspired and arrested her, carted away over N750,000 cash in her office and shut her warehouse stocked with goods worth millions of naira.
Ayisire said her predicament started after David accused her of divulging information relating to and connected with the suspicious murder of Omri who was David’s younger brother.
Ayisire had denied the allegation that she divulged such information to the police before they invaded her office.
P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the police is investigating what went wrong and to determine those who were involved in the conspiracy of flying the late Omri out of Nigeria illegally.
When our correspondent contacted David Atlas to get his reaction to the whoile saga, he declined to speak but send an SMS to our correspondent to speak to his lawyer.
His counsel, Barrister Ogbonna Chukwumerije confirmed that Omri actually died in Nigeria and was flown to his home country, Israel but he declined to speak further on the issues raised in the petition.
Chukwumerije said all he can say about the matter is that the petition was a ploy to blackmail his client.
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I know this David Atias. He is a criminal and a Very bad man. We need to get this kind of criminals out of our country!
I have heard of this man, David Atias . He is a criminal, He always bribe government official, he always short pay his staff with the help of LUIS NJOKU HR. Israeli government should extradite this man to Nigeria. For proper investigation.
I know this Man. He is wicked and stone hearted. He is greedy, and always bribe top government official for him to have his way. David Atias is running away from his evil act. David Atias should be charge as a murder and he should end up in prison.
We don't want this kind of foreigner in our country, we want foreigners that will come and develop our country not the ones that will come and cause more damages to the country economy and its citizens
Nigeria law and Nigeria police hmmm
I know him a rouges who collaborates some evil lawyers and criminally corrupt officials to commit evil
Every day is for the thief one day for the owner. God finally punish David Atias for his evil act.
You cannot eat your cake and have it back. wicked man, prison is awaiting you.
If this should go scot free, then Nigeria law and immigration is nothing, because this man must be punish, bcos no one can try it in their own land, so why should he try such in our own land.........#justice
I used to work for this evil man who treat his employees very very bad I also Know Mr. Omri he was a nice young Men men. I heard all the story and everything he's done and he should be punished.
He paid is way out of everything. I hope they won't let him pay again, and finally with god's grace will get what he deserves.