The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has called for visa bans and other justice actions and sanctions by the Government of the United Kingdom and other countries across Europe, North America and South America for the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma over alleged state-sponsored killings and arbitrary arrests. Intersociety also called for an end to butcheries and civilian house burnings in the state, while demanding arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators involved, whether they are armed state actors or armed non-state actors.
#ENDSARS: Abba Kyari Men Shot Suspect, Left Him To Die In Custody, Lawyer Says
Utsaha told the panel that the murder was committed by Abba Kyari-led IGP Intelligence Response Team who arrested the suspect in November 2019 in Markudi, Benue State on suspicion of conspiracy and armed robbery.
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Dec 18, 2020
Moses Mfe, a robbery suspect, was shot by the police during arrest and left to die with the injury without any treatment at the police custody, according to a lawyer Micheal Utsaha who presented the case on Thursday at the ongoing independent investigative panel on SARS and other units of police in Abuja.
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NHRC panel orders immediate arraignment of suspect in custody for more than one year NHRC panel orders immediate arraignment of suspect in custody for more than one year
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The independent investigative panel on the defunct SARS and other police units set up by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on Thursday, ordered the police to immediately arraign a suspect before a competent court of jurisdiction in Benue State on or before Wednesday, December 23.
The suspect, Raphel Tersoo Toona and Moses Mfe, had, through their counsel, N.T. Utsaha, petitioned the penal alleging arrest and detention arbitrary, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
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The Independent Investigative Panel probing police brutality in Abuja on Thursday gave police authorities a six-day ultimatum to arraign a suspect, Raphael Toona, who has been in detention for about one year.
The chairman of the panel, Justice Suleiman Galadima (retd.), ordered that Toona should be arraigned on or before December 23.
Justice Galadima gave the order following an application by his lawyer, N.T Utasha, urging the panel to order the to either release the suspect or arraign him in court of competent jurisdiction.
“The first complaint (Toona) should be taken to Benue State to be arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction on or before December 23, 2020 where his bail should be considered, considering the fact that he has been in detention for more than a year,” Justice Galadima ordered.