Tag: detention

Oct

2021

AHEAD OF ANAMBRA POLL: IPOB declares 1 week sit-at-home from Nov 5

POLITICSAnambra State Governorship Election, detention, DSS, Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Sit-at-home

AHEAD OF ANAMBRA POLL: IPOB declares 1 week sit-at-home from Nov 5 As Anambra State Governorship election inches close, the Indigenous People of of Biafra (IPOB) has declared one week sit-at-home protest with effect from November 5 to November 10, to prevail on the Federal to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB’s Media and Public Secretary, Emma Powerful disclosed this in a statement made available to our correspondent in Awka, Anambra State on Saturday. This is even as Anambra State is getting ready for its gubernatorial election slated for November 6. IPOB’s Media and Public Secretary, Emma Powerful disclosed this…

Oct

2021

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Nnamdi Kanu: FG, AGF plead for more time to defend suit

LEGAL, NATIONAL NEWSAloy Ejilmakor (Esq), arrest, Attorney General of the federation AGF, detention, Enforcement, Fundamental Rights, Nnamdi Kanu, president Mohammadu Buhari

Nnamdi Kanu: FG, AGF plead for more time to defend suit The Federal Government and the Attorney General of the Federation have applied to the High Court of Abia State for extension of time to file their defense to the Fundamental Rights suit filed by Barrister Aloy Ejimakor on behalf of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. It will be recalled that Kanu had in late August approached the Abia High Court to enforce his fundamental rights, stemming from the military invasion of his Umuahia home in 2017 and his extraordinary rendition from Kenya in June 2021. When the matter last came up…

Nov

2020

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Police Brutality: My Son Was Arrested, Died In Police Custody, Woman Tells
Abia Judicial Panel

CRIMEAbia state judicial panel, death, detention, murder, Rugged Baba #Endpolicebrutality, suicide

Heartbroken Mrs. Charity Ohalete who is in her late 70s has cried today before the Abia State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Wednesday by the deceased’s mother, narrating the how her son was arrested by men of the Nigeria Police and his subsequent death while in Police custody. According to Mrs. Charity, her son, Onyekachi Ohalete Ugwuiro, had died while in Police custody at the Uzualoli Police Station in Umuahia, Abia State in December 2018 Reportedly, her son was arrested at the railway at Uzuakoli and was regrettably denied access to his family members who were taking food to him.…

May

2020

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Ubani (Esq.) decries illegal detention of Barr. Emperor Gabriel ogbonna by dss.

NATIONAL NEWS#Aba Area Command, detention, Emperor Gabriel, Monday Ubani, unlawful arrest

. The immediate 2nd Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association has condemned in totality the illegal detention ofMr Emperor Ogbonna, a Legal Practitioner of note by the DSS for nearly a month after he was abducted by the DSS. Mr Monday Ubani (Esq) frowned at urgly treatment meted out to their colleague by the DSS for for not fewer than one month. A press statement issued to famous Reporters reads: I, Monday ubani irked by the continuous and illegal detention of Mr Emperor Ogbonna, a Legal Practitioner of note by the DSS for nearly a month after he was…

Feb

2020

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Police Inspector Hangs Himself In Cell To Dodge Murder Trial

CRIMEarrest, crime, death, detention, killing, murder, Nigeria police, suicide

FAMOUS REPORTERS A Police Inspector, Okon Essien has killed himself at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCID), Panti in Yaba, Lagos. According to our source the arrest and detention of the Inspector was consequent on his killing of a civilian. Police Spokesperson, DSP Bala Elkana disclosed that the inspector had resorted to taking his life in order to avert trial for murder charges. In his words: “One Inspector Okon Essien detained in State CID cell in Yaba for allegedly shooting and killing one Hassan Usman Stanley was reported to have killed himself. “The suspect was arrested at Akodo…