Lagos
lawyer, Nkenchor Endurance of the chambers of Nkenchor Endurance& Co has
petitioned the Commissioner of Police Lagos State, Mr. Zubairu Muazu over
continued detention of his client, by the Special Anti Robbery Squad(SARS),
Ikeja, LagoIn the petition dated September 30, 2019, which was copied the
Committee for the Defence of Human Rights(CDHR), Human Rights Nigeria, UN
Committee on Human and Peoples Rights, American Embassy, the Inspector General
of Police and the Police Public Relations Officer, the petitioner.
Nkenchor Endurance averred that his client (Ehis Job) was arrested sometimes in August on his way to Church at Ajegunle by officers from Ajeromi Police Station but was transferred two days later to the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) Ikeja, Lagos. He alleged that his client is undergoing severe torture in SARS while he is denied access to his counsel and family members.
“He is not allowed access to his relations and when his legal practitioners went to see him, they were not allowed but threatened with violence. We have it on good authority that our client has no complainant”, he said.
Nkenchor Endurance averred that his client (Ehis Job) was arrested sometimes in August on his way to Church at Ajegunle by officers from Ajeromi Police Station but was transferred two days later to the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) Ikeja, Lagos. He alleged that his client is undergoing severe torture in SARS while he is denied access to his counsel and family members.
“He is not allowed access to his relations and when his legal practitioners went to see him, they were not allowed but threatened with violence. We have it on good authority that our client has no complainant”, he said.
He said his client is alleged to
belong to a cult, adding that even if the allegations were true, the 1999
constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended in Section 36(5)
states that every person who is charged (alleged) with a criminal offence shall
be presumed innocent until he is proven guilty”, he said.
According to him, “detaining our
client for more than one month without been released on bail or charged to
court is derogation of section 35(1) of the same 1999 constitution of Nigeria
which states that every person shall be entitled to his personal liberty and no
person shall be deprived of such liberty.
“Our take is that SARS cannot be the
prosecutor, the defence and at the same time the court in one case, it is
against the tenets of natural justice”, he said and called on CP Muazu to
prevail on O/C SARs Ikeja Lagos together with Supo Opis and the Investigating
Police Officer (IPO) Mr. Shedrack all of SARS Ikeja to charge his clients to
court or release him on bail.
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