Editorial: Murder of Peter R. De Vries - There would

Murder of Peter R. De Vries There would be no justice for him!

It is no longer news that Peter R de Vries has died as a result of bullet shoots on his head, at least five times on the street of Amsterdam where he was attacked by a single gun man. His death has widely been condemned and many seen it as an attack on justice for victims of unresolved murders and high crimes in the country. Many are also asking for justice for his untimely death but we are concerned and we can state categorically here in the Netherlands, there would never be justice for Peter de Vries. Reason? What amount of punishment or prison term would bring back his life to his wife, children, families, colleagues and the hundreds of helpless victims he is pursuing their cases. He has fought for many of his clients to secure justice for them where they have lost hope with the Police and the justice system. He has helped many to bring closure on their unresolved criminal cases and bring closure to the families who are victims of these organized criminal gangs. Peter would pursue any case to any length or far to other countries to get justice, he was expert of reviving cold cases or near dead cases and he has had tremendous results. Peter de Vries is a crime journalist; in his journalism career he became tough investigators that criminal gangs hated him with a passion. They feared him so much that they wanted him eliminated. In fact they fear Peter more than they fear the police force. You could call him the ‘Enforcer of the law.’ As the publisher of The Voice magazine, my path did crosses with Peter several years ago, probably in the early 2000. Then when a Nigerian businessman, Kenneth Ehigiene was wrongly arrested and jailed for drug pushing in Holland through German persecutor who forcibly used fake identification procedures to implicate him. I contacted Peter de Vries of behalf of Mr. Ehigiene and after his primary investigations, he saw a lot of wrong doings in the police and judicial process of the case and he decided to take it on. He even went as far as doing a television documentary on the case through his program on television. This was one case that frustrated him, in his conclusion; these are his own words on the case in a televised documentary on Dutch television program called “Misdaadverslaggever” in January 2012. “Wrongly Convicted. An innocent man in prison. Kenneth Ehigiene was wrongly convicted for a crime he never did. For several months, he was kept in a jail in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, as an innocent man. His only offence was being a successful black businessman in Amsterdam” I followed Peter as he investigated the case and we spoke few times, one thing sure was that he is a painstaking investigator, the task the German and Dutch police until they were angry with him, he stood his grounds when he has his facts in place, he did his job with such professionalism despite the judicial system tried to frustrate him. He could have been a better police officer than many in the profession. My last encounter with him was on 16th December 2016 at the book presentation of “Forgotten conclusion” written by

Pastor Amb. Elvis Iruh Editor-in-Chief

Kenneth Ehigiene and Barbara Gwanmesia where he wrote the forward of the book to close this ugly chapter in the life of this Nigerian. He is destroyed with the news of his death. (We would ask him for an interview on a later date to share his experience of Peter R. de Vries. Two persons had been arrested on his murder, but knowing the legal system here, if convicted they would probably receive 10 to 15 years in prison and after few years of supposed good conduct, they would be eligible for release. Even though we do not support death penalty; these criminals would be kept in prison with state finance and rehabilitated with public tax payers funds – really where lies justice in all of these. We would be following this case closely and hopefully that Peter de Vries family would receive justice for the life of the justice crusader caught short but even by corona virus but the hands of assassins. Peter de Vries we salute your courage and fight for justice and we pray your soul rest in peace as you played your part to make this world a better place for all to live in. Adieu Peter R. de Vries.