Mr Ogbonna has been held in the custody of the secret police for over two months despite court judgments ordering his release.
On March 24, over 20 policemen in company of Chief of Staff to the Abia Governor, Tony Agbazuere, and former Commissioner of Police, Ene Okon, stormed Mr Ogbonna’s chambers to arrest him.
However, because the magistrate court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case, he was then remanded at a correctional facility in the state capital until April 28, when he was arraigned before the Federal High Court in Umuahia and was granted bail. None of Mr Ogbonna’s friends, relatives or his legal representative has been allowed to visit him since he had been transferred to Abuja.
Also, on July 6, in the suit challenging the infringement of Mr Ogbonna’s human rights filed in Abuja, the DSS refused to present him in the FCT High Court and the case was adjourned to July 17. “We are a team of lawyers who have volunteered to offer our professional services to Emperor Gabriel Ogbonna Esq.”
In the copy of the letter acknowledged by Mr Malami, the lawyers solicited his intervention, noting that Nigeria operates a constitutional democracy, where the rule of law reigns supreme.
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