Families cry out as Nigerian Navy detains two officers, 20 others
A civil rights group, Centre Against Impunity in Nigeria on Thursday appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on theThe National Chairman of the centre, Shina Loremikan, made the call at a news conference in Lagos.
Mr Loremikan added that Friday Lejoro, Hamza Yakubu, Melvin Jack, Francis Onyema, Adebayo Mayowa, Goodwill Umoh, Bosin Iyala, Edu Fidelis, Richard David and Daniel Harrison were also being held. Mr Loremikan explained that Mr Labinjo and his wife were personnel of the Navy before they were “unlawfully dismissed.”
Mr Loremikan said the detainees were being moved from one detention facility to another and that no formal charges had been made against them. Mr Loremikan said the group believed that the president was a defender of the rule of law and that he would intervene in the matter to save families of the detainees from their agonies.
“I am calling on President Buhari to intervene in this matter. My husband is innocent and things have been difficult for the family. She said the Navy authorities were yet to tell her and children the offence he committed and that life had been difficult for her and that family.
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