A SEVEN – MONTH old baby boy, Uchenna Nwoye, his parents and two others were allegedly arrested and detained by the police in Onitsha over N20 000 debt owed by the parents.
They were arrested at Ifitedunu in Dunukofia local government area of Anambra State by policemen from Fegge Police Stattion, Onitsha, for failure to pay the N20,000 to a woman Uchenna’s father allegedly did business with.
Narrating the incident to newsmen, yesterday, in Onitsha, mother of the boy, 23-year-old Mrs. Ukamaka Nwoye, said they were whisked away by the policemen without any reason, adding that they were fast asleep when heavily armed policemen numbering over 20 forced open their door and arrested all the occupants, including the 7-months-old boy.
She said: “On November 7, at about 2.30am, we were all asleep when suddenly, some policemen came into our compound and forced their way into our house and arrested us, including my 7-month-old baby.They took us to their bus and whisked us away to a place we later found out was Fegge Police Station, Onitsha.
“They denied us the opportunity to call any of our relations. It was one of the policemen who saw how my child was almost suffocating inside the cell that secretly helped me to call one of my brothers and I told him where we were being detained. We spent over seven days in detention.”
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I just imagine the kind of training our Police receive! Who are those that train them???
ReplyDeleteno respect for human right again, even a baby's own. if the baby died what will she say? N20,000? chei naija
ReplyDeletePolice acting as private debt collectors! Totally unacceptable. Come into the modern world Nigeria. Establish a new properly professionally trained police force and disband this GANG that acts as police now. Untill its done no one will have confidence in the fairness and impartiallity of the service. At least in the mean time set up a Federal police watchdog to deal with events like this one with powers of arrest detention and proceution. Good luck and God bless you all in your struggle.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be a big plus if the NPF used this approach to fight real criminals?
ReplyDeletewhat a waste!!
ILLEGALITY! When will Nigeria Police learn to act right? It is grossly illegal for them to do that. Infact its not part of their job to that. It is for the court to decide on issue of indebtedness. The family should seek legal redress immediately through Human Right Groups.
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