CITAD laments illegal arrest, detention of Nigeria citizens

By Abba Dukawa,Kano The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has expressed worry over what it termed as illegal arrest, detention and harassment of citizens without following due process negating the principles of democracy being practiced in Nigeria as absolute abuse of the human rights of the citizens as enshrined in the 1999 constitution as amended. The Executive Director of the centre, Yunusa Zakari Ya’u said, Nigeria’s government needed to assent to the Digital rights Bill in the Country which will…

IiP- SARS: Petitioner seeks N10m compensation against Police over arbitrary arrest, detention:

A petitioner, Nnaemeka Orjiakor, on Wednesday pleaded with the Independent Investigative Panel on human rights violations by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other police units in Abuja, to order N10m compensation in his favour following his alleged arbitrary arrest, detention and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by the police in 2019. Nnaemeka who sell provision in Wuse market stated that SARS officers led by one Mohammed Elbow Awal arrested him on the 8th February 2019 from his shop, handcuffed him, paraded him around Wuse market before bundling him…

OPAN hails judgement against Police over detention Of Online Journalists

The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) has applauded the Judiciary for the award of 15 million naira damages against the Nigeria Police for the arrest and detention of Daniel and Timothy Elombah in January 2018. The Police had arrested and detained the online journalists and particularly detained Tim Elombah from 05:00am of January 1 to around 03.00pm of January 25, 2018, on the instruction of the former Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris Kpotum. The Elombah brothers thereafter filed separate actions against the Nigeria Police and the IGP for…

After 11 Months In Detention, Emeka Ugwuonye Drags Police to NASS Over fabricated Murder Charges

A Lawyer, Emeka Ugwuonye has dragged the Nigerian Police to the National Assembly over murder and armed robbery charges preferred against him. Emeka has been detained at the Kuje Medium Prison for over eleven months. Emeka in a petition written through Due Process Advocate International, dated October 9, and signed by Kelvin Asekome, said the police charged him with armed robbery and murder because he was on the verge of exposing a N5 billion (annual revenue) of illegal prison racketeering and other illegal operations allegedly by some police officers in…