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Rivers Youths Drag IGP To Court Over Leader Detained Without Trial For Eight Months
The Inspector General of Police has been dragged to court by Youths of Choba in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State for detaining their leader, Francis Ihunda, for eight month without trial.
According to the aggrieved youths, they have filed a suit at the federal high court sitting in Port Harcourt to order the police to release him from detention as they have breached Ihunda’s fundamental human rights for keeping him for too long.
Tracknews learnt Ihunda was first arrested by the state anti-cultism unit in connection with the killing of Choba Community Development Committee Chairman, Lawrence Igwe, in 2019
He was later charged to court and released from prison custody.
However, IGP Intelligence Response Team re-arrested him and dumped him at the Borikiri Police Station, Port Harcourt, where he has spent eight months in detention without trial.
Speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt, the wife of the embattled youth leader, Ifeoma Ihunda, said that since her husband was detained, she has found it difficult to cater for their seven children.
The Public Relations Officer of Choba Youths Council, Chimene Odungweru, said the detainee is allergic to cold.
He said, “Subjecting a man that is allergic to cold to bare floor detention is to destroy his health.
“The police have violated his fundamental human rights by detaining him for eight months without trial and we have approached the court to give him justice.”
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