EX-IMO COMMISSIONER SUES POLICE FOR ILLEGAL ARREST, DETENTION
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Dr. Fabian Ihekweme, a former commissioner in Imo State, has sued the Nigerian Police Force for N5 million at a Federal High Court in Abuja, alleging that the force has violated his fundamental human rights.
The plaintiff in the case, Suit No. FHC/ABI/CS/1809/2024, requests a perpetual injunction prohibiting the police from additional arrests, detentions, threats, assaults, and harassments due to baseless and unsupported claims pertaining to his fundamental right to free speech.
In addition, he requests a court order requiring the defendants to immediately release him, grant him bail while an inquiry is conducted, or charge him with a crime, as required under sections 35(4) and (5) and 36 (1) of the 1999 Constitution.
He is requesting a declaration that the police in Imo State violated his fundamental human rights when they arrested him in a Gestapo manner on November 28 in Abuja, and that the police have violated his fundamental human rights by detaining him continuously since then.
He also wants the court to rule that the police have violated his fundamental human rights by denying him access to his legal team since November 28 when he was arrested in Abuja and taken to Owerri, and he will be awarded N5 million in damages against the police for alleged harassment, assault, and unlawful detention.
An affidavit of urgency deposed by the wife of the plaintiff, Mrs Ihekweme Excel Fabian, said the plaintiff is managing a severe health condition and his continuous detention without access to medicare will worsen his health condition and endanger his life.
“That the applicant is now suffering double jeopardy of unlawful detention and an imminent health risk that could endanger his life,” she averred and further stated the constitution provides for rights to a fair trial within a reasonable time.
The applicant should have been granted administrative bail or charged in court within two days of his arrest, as mandated by the Constitution. The respondents’ actions are characterized as arbitrary, illegal, unconstitutional, harsh, oppressive, and void.
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