This was after Okeke's lawyer, Chinedum Agwaramgbo filed a fundamental right enforcement suit.
Justice Stephen Pam of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered the Nigerian Army to release Tochukwu Okeke, who has been detained since July 5 over allegations of sponsoring the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra , and its militant wing, the Eastern Security Network .This was after Okeke's lawyer, Chinedum Agwaramgbo filed a fundamental right enforcement suit, Vanguard reports.
“That in spite of the fact that nothing criminal or incriminating was established against him, the Respondents have failed to release him or charge him to court or have him transferred to Nigeria Police Force and have continued to detain him at their cell without good food or water.
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