Chukwudumeje Onwuamadike, billionaire
kidnapper popularly known as Evans, has asked a
federal high court in Lagos to compel the police to
release him.
The plea was contained in a fundamental rights
enforcement suit he filed at the court on Wednesday.
In the motion ex parte, Evans asked the court to
coerce the police to either charge him to court
immediately or release him from custody
unconditionally.
He accused the police of infringing on his rights by
detaining him since his arrest on June 10 without any
court order.
Evans said he ought to have been charged to court in
accordance with sections 35 and 36 of the
constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria.
Listed as the respondents in the suit were the
inspector general of police, the Nigerian police force,
the Lagos state commissioner of police and the
special anti-robbery squad, Lagos command.
In an accompanying affidavit, Stephen Onwuamadike,
Evan’s father, claimed he and other family members
have been denied access to his son since his arrest.
He claimed his solicitor had also been denied access
to Evans.
Meanwhile, the police said they had obtained a three-
month remand warrant from the federal high court in
Abuja to further detain the suspect.
They said the warrant is also renewable on expiration.
TheCable
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