Suspected billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a.
Evans, on Wednesday, filed a fundamental rights enforcement action
before the Lagos Federal High Court in Lagos, urging the court to order
the police to charge him to court or release him immediately.
Joined as respondents in the said suit marked FHC/L/CS/1012/2017 are
the Nigeria Police Force, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State and the
Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos State Police Command.
the Nigeria Police Force, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State and the
Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos State Police Command.
In a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed on his behalf by a
Lagos-based lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, the suspected kidnapper is
seeking for a court’s order directing the respondents to immediately
charge him to court if there is any case against him in accordance with
Sections 35 (1) (c) (3) (4) (5) (a) (b) and 36 of the Constitution.
Lagos-based lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, the suspected kidnapper is
seeking for a court’s order directing the respondents to immediately
charge him to court if there is any case against him in accordance with
Sections 35 (1) (c) (3) (4) (5) (a) (b) and 36 of the Constitution.
He is on the alternative seeking for an order compelling the
respondents to immediately release him unconditionally in the absence of
any offence that will warrant his being charged to court.
respondents to immediately release him unconditionally in the absence of
any offence that will warrant his being charged to court.
Evans is contending that his continued detention by the respondents
since June 10, 2017, without being charged to court or released on bail
is an infringement on his fundamental human rights.
since June 10, 2017, without being charged to court or released on bail
is an infringement on his fundamental human rights.
Source: Punchng