The Federal High Court in Enugu sat yesterday on the Nigeria Police Force’s contrived cybercrime case against Sen Chijinkem Ugwuanyi. Although a bail application had already been filed by Barrister Frank Agbowo and should ordinarily have been decided in his favor, the police, apparently realizing that their earlier approach was legally flawed, hastily filed a substantive charge at the Federal High Court. Ironically, this was the proper forum from the outset. Their earlier decision to proceed before a Magistrate Court appeared designed to keep Senator Ugwuanyi perpetually imprisoned since January.
In Abuja, we have also reached out to the newly appointed IGP, Tunji Disu, to make it clear that such abuses will no longer be tolerated. We urged him to direct the police legal officers not to participate in or enable what many consider egregious human rights violations across the country.
Unfortunately, the Enugu State Police Command appears deeply entangled with the state government. To further complicate matters, the case has now been reframed as Federal Government of Nigeria vs. Chijinkem Ugwuanyi.
However the authorities attempt to present it, the demand remains, Senator Ugwuanyi must be released without delay, the questionable charges should be dismissed, and any police officers who colluded with political actors to bring about these unlawful proceedings should be investigated and held accountable.
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