A Coalition of 30 Civil Society Organisations across the country has called on the Nigeria Police Force to immediately release detained human rights defender, Comrade Chinonso Uba popularly called Nonso Nkwa or charge him to court. The coalition decried the detention of Nkwa for more than four days without access to his family and lawyer, a development they said is against the constitutional provisions of Nigeria, the Police Act, and the Administration of Criminal Justice Act.
Civic Societies, Lawyers Demand Immediate Release Of Detained Activist, Nonso Nkwa From Nigerian Police DetentionThe coalition decried the detention of Nkwa for more than four days without access to his family and lawyer, a development they said is against the constitutional provisions of Nigeria, the Police Act, and the Administration of Criminal Justice Act.
SaharaReporters had reported that Nonso Nkwa, a journalist and human rights defender was abducted on Thursday, July 27, 2023, on his way from work at OsisaFM radio station by several masked men in three vehicles in Owerri, Imo state capital. "Nonso Nkwa, a journalist and coordinator of ‘’Protect the Weak International Foundation , a human rights group based in Owerri, Imo state South East Nigeria was abducted on Thursday, July 27, and continues to detain without trial.
"Last month, Asari Dokubo admitted that his militia is currently active in several states including Imo state where they are currently battling the military wing of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra ," the statement noted. "His continued detention without trial is a violation of his fundamental human rights as enshrined in the Nigerian constitution, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights.
"We, therefore, call for the immediate and unconditional release of Theodore Chinonso Uba and the dropping of all charges against him."
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