A COALITION of civil society organisations has demanded the release of Emeh Nnamdi, a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who was arrested by the INTERPOL in the Benin Republic.

Nnamdi, an IT consultant to the Anambra State Police Command, was arrested allegedly in connection with an investigation by the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters into allegations of police extortion, torture, extrajudicial executions, and organ harvesting by senior police officers in Anambra State.

It was learnt that Nnamdi revealed details of the police officers’ alleged involvement in human organ trafficking, kidnapping and killing of suspects after extorting them.

Explaining circumstances surrounding Nnamdi’s arrest, the CSOs, in a statement released on Saturday, March 11, said, “Twenty-six-year-old Nnamdi was taken into custody on March 3, 2022, by INTERPOL after two weeks on the run. He is currently detained at the Force Headquarters in Abuja where he faces the possibility of ill-treatment, instead of being protected by the police, for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression and exposing human rights violations.

“On February 16, 2023, Gistlover, an independent digital news and entertainment platform, revealed the shocking details about how senior police officers in Zone 13 and Anambra State command were involved in extortion, extrajudicial execution, enforced disappearance, and organ harvesting of detainees in their custody. The story was corroborated by video...

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