A coalition of 29 civil society groups have called for the release of Nnamdi Emeh, a member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, who revealed the illegal activities of some senior police officers in Anambra State.
The whistleblower, who once worked with the Anambra State Police Command, is believed to have leaked information of alleged atrocious activities of the police officers to the media.
He has been held in detention in Abuja, since after his arrest on March 3, 2023. He is, however, believed to have been recently whisked back to Awka for trial.
But the civil society organisations are insisting that he should be released or immediately charged to court if he is found to have committed any crime.
The groups, which came together as Civil Society Coalition Against Impunity in a press release issued yesterday, said: “26-year-old Mr Emeh Nnamdi, a serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and an IT consultant to the Anambra State Police Command has been in detention in Abuja since 3 March 2023.
“He was arrested in Benin Republic for revealing shocking details about police extortion, torture, extrajudicial executions, and organ harvesting by senior police officers in Anambra State.
“On Sunday, 2 April 2023, Mr Emeh was transferred to the Anambra State Police Command where he is currently facing further interrogation.
“Among his interrogators in Anambra State are senior police officers whom he had indicted for seizing posh vehicles recovered from...
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