Human rights lawyer Femi Falanan has called on Abubakar Malami , Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, to prosecute the naval officers who have allegedly detained and tortures 15 Nigerian citizens, including three top military officers, for seven months without charging them to court.
He urged AGF Malami to intervene, saying this would “curb the growing culture of official impunity in the country”.Sometime in September 2018, the Nigerian Navy arrested 15 Nigerian citizens including Group Captain Dada Labinjo, Lt. Commander Sherifat Ibe Lambert and Benjamin Gold for an undisclosed offence. The detainees were immediately dumped in a military detention facility at Apapa in Lagos.
But in utter contempt of the valid order of the Magistrate Court the Authorities of the Nigerian Navy transferred the detainees to another military detention facility in Abuja. Following the application by Lt. Commander Bola Labinjo filed for the enforcement of her fundamental right to personal liberty the Federal High Court directed the Naval Authorities to release her from illegal custody.
As if that is not enough, the detainees have been denied access to their family members, medical doctors and lawyers.
As the prolonged incarceration of the detainees cannot be justified under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended or the Armed Forces Act they should be released from custody or arraigned before a competent court of law if there is reasonable suspicion that they have committed any criminal offence whatsoever.
NigerianNavy NigerianNavy ‘s illegal detention must be nationally protested. Our forces in Nigeria don’t know their roles. Instead of working together , they work against eachother. Very dysfunctional set of unruly adults.
NigerianNavy This Nigeria is sinking.