Police have failed to disclose the whereabouts of 33-year-old Kingsley Tariuwa since SARS operatives arrested him at a night club in Port Harcourt on January 5
The Police Inspector-General , Mohammed Adamu. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official twitter handle of the Nigerian Police]The family of Kingsley Tariuwa, a 33-year-old man arrested by officers from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Port Harcourt, has cried out for help over his unlawful detention for more than seven months.
Mr Tariuwa had a five-months-old baby when he was arrested and the baby has turned one year, with his wife left to bear the trauma of not having her husband around.A civil society group, Rule of Law And Accountability Advocacy Centre , highlighted the incidents surrounding Mr Tariuwa’s arrest in a letter to the Inspector-General of Police.
“RULAAC was informed that the SARS operatives arrived at Boss Lounge at about 8 p.m on January 5, 2020 and were cleared by a Police Mobile Officer identified as Elisha Hassan who was in charge of security at the lounge on the day Tariuwa Kingsley was arrested. “And the SARS officer was saying that repeatedly until the call cut off without him being able to speak to his brother or anyone in particular. Till date, his missing brother’s phone has remained switched off,” the letter stated.Ezekiel, the elder brother of the victim, said after many failed attempts to get the police to produce his brother, he went back to the mobile police officer, Elisha Hassan, that cleared the SARS operatives to make the arrest.
The victim’s brother explained that the case was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department and all parties, including the management of the Boss Lounge and operatives from SARS, were called for questioning but SARS operatives did not turn up. “Since they said the former Commissioner was aware and he is no longer here, they need to start the process again. They should come to the legal department with the court papers to process the matter,” he said.The elder brother of the victim told PREMIUM TIMES that the family was in distress as a result of the matter.
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