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Police detain activist Adeyanju over homicide case he was “discharged and acquitted” 4 yrs ago

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Police detain activist Adeyanju over homicide case he was “discharged and acquitted” 4 yrs ago

After four years of which he was reportedly exonerated for homicide, the Nigerian police has detained the convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju.

In 2014, Justice Mohammed Haliru of the Kano High Court reportedly acquitted him only to be detained for the same crime.

Adeyanju was arrested by the police after he led a rally against the role played by the police in the political crisis that rocked Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly in November.

Tolu Babaleye, lawyer to Adeyanju, bemoaned the detention of his clients for six days by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command.

He explained that police requested for the certified true copy of the judgement which exonerated the activist which was produced, yet the police would not let Adeyanju off the hook.

He maintained that the police could not revisit the case as it was “a dead issue that cannot be reawakened.”

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The lawyer said, “Despite the statement, the police, instead of proving the guilt of our client, insisted on him proving his innocence by providing the Certified True Copy of the said judgment, which exonerated him of the culpable homicide allegation.

“Our client, who is sure of his acquittal, went out of his way to produce a copy of the judgment and served same on the Inspector-General of Police this morning (Monday) and a copy was also made available to the Investigating Police Officer at the Louis Edet House.

“On receiving the said judgment from us, the IPO made a statement that made us to be curious and to know that something was fishy, when he said the police wanted to revisit a case that had been decided by a competent court of law and which is now caught up with the long-established principle of ‘utre fois acquit’, which makes the case a dead issue that cannot be reawakened.”

Efforts to reach the Police on the issue were unyielding as calls put through to the Force Public Relations Officer, acting DCP Moshood Jimoh, were not answered.

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