“We request the IGP to order an investigation into the continued detention of Thaddeus Ikechukwu Ojokoh”.
The gunmen also killed a couple during the attack.who allegedly killed the officers and the couple. The police later paraded the suspects the same day.
The group contended that Mr Ojokoh could not have taken part in the killing of the officers because he was still in police detention at the time of the attack. It said the recurring attacks on police facilities and killing of officers remain “unjustifiable” and that the attackers should be prosecuted in line with the law.
“He should be released or charged to court if he has any case to answer. His family and legal representatives should also be allowed access to him,” it urged.RULAAC also drew the attention of the IGP to the attitude of police officers in the South-east who allegedly presume that anyone accused of being an IPOB member has “automatically lost their constitutionally guaranteed rights to due process.”
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