Family members and friends of detained #EndSARS protester,
Eromosele Adene, on Tuesday morning, confronted operatives of the Lagos State
Police Command who barred them from accessing the Yaba Magistrates Court where
the case of the youth protester is expected to be heard.
It was observed that journalists and other supporters of
the detained person were also prevented from the courtroom as the Police
barricaded the street leading into the court with their vehicle.
Speaking with journalists, the security operatives claimed
they were trying to prevent a crowd from building up around the court.
Recall that on Monday, policemen attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department filed an application seeking to remand Adene for an extra 30 days.
The policemen had last week arrested Eromosele in Ikeja and
taken him to the police command headquarters and then transferred him to the
Area F Command before detaining him at the SCID, Panti. He was last Monday flown
to Abuja and detained for seven days before being brought back to Lagos on
Sunday.
However, rather than charge him, the policemen secretly
approached a Magistrate, O.A Salau, without the consent of his lawyer and
applied for a remand order to detain him for an extra 30 days.
Eromosele’s lawyer, Tunde Jinadu, who was at the SCID, was
told by policemen that his client was no longer in custody.
However, Jinadu immediately received word from concerned
persons about what the police were up to.
Speaking with The PUNCH, he said, “We were not served. We
were not called that he was being brought to SCID. An ACP told me they didn’t
know where he was. This sharp practice of the police needs to stop. They just
wanted to shut us out. That was how they flew him to Abuja last week without my
knowledge.
“Luckily, some good people informed me that he (Eromosele)
had been taken to a magistrate court. Thank God I have a car. I was able to
quickly arrive at the court.”
The lawyer also said the police had refused to grant his
client bail despite medical reports that Adene has a liver problem.
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