The Nation Newspaper Bayelsa blogger files N300m suit against police over alleged unlawful detention
A popular Bayelsa Blogger, Mienpamo Onitsha Saint, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja, to enforce his fundamental human rights following his ongoing detention by the, was arrested in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on October 10 and taken to the Force Headquarters by detectives from the Force Criminal Investigation Department over some reports against the Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme , Maj.-Gen. Barry Ndiomu.
Respondents in the suit file by a legal firm, Terhemba Gbarsima and Associates, are the Inspector-General of Police , Force Criminal Investigation Department , NPF, National Cyber Crime Centre, DCP Uche Henry, Mr. Simiat Suleiman and CSP B A. Abdullahi. “An order of the honourable court compelling the respondents to return the personal belongings of the applicant, which is in their position.
Part of the grounds for the reliefs said: “By unlawfully detaining the applicant beyond a period of one day where there is a court of competent jurisdiction within a radius of forty kilometers by the respondents on the 11th October 2023 after he was arrested on the 10th October 2023 without taking him to court before detaining him is a violation of the applicant’s fundamental human rights.
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