•Say indicted officers have no right to interrogate him
David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka
A coalition of 29 Civil Society groups, has called for the release of a serving corps members, Mr Nnamdi Emeh, who revealed illegal activities of some senior police officers in Anambra.
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 his arrest on March 3, 2023, and believed to have been recently hounded back to Awka for trial.
But the civil society organisations said, the man should be released or immediately charged to court if found to have committed any crime.
The groups, which came together as Civil Society Coalition Against Impunity, in a press release, 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 March 3, 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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