EVANS VS POLICE: Court to determine alleged abuse of human rights Wednesday

Justice Abdulaziz Anka sitting at the Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned the case on whether to hear a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by suspected billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans till Wednesday.

The case was adjourned after Justice Anka listened to the submissions of the counsel of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Eze as well as the counsel to Evans, Olukoya Ogungbeje.

In the suit which had the Inspector General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force as respondents, Evans is asking the court to declare that his continued detention since June 10 without arraignment violates his fundamental rights as guaranteed under the 1999 Constitution.

Read also: Kidnapper Evans denies suing police, says he has no hand in the lawsuit

He also seeks a declaration that his parade on June 11 before journalists at the Lagos Police Command Headquarters in Ikeja without any court order was unconstitutional and illegal.

The suspected kidnapper asked the court to order the respondents to immediately arraign him before a law court or release him from custody forthwith.

Recall a month ago that Evans denied having a hand in the lawsuit filed before the Federal High Court Lagos against the Nigerian police on his behalf.

The suspect dismissed the lawsuits as an attempt by some people to put him in more trouble while speaking in an interview with Channels Television from police detention.

 

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