....Clamps down innocent citizens
into illegal cells, grants bail with
stringent conditions, demands ransom for bail
…..Rights group Petitions Commandant-General, calls for outrights
dismissal of the affected officers
…..Rights group Petitions Commandant-General, calls for outrights
dismissal of the affected officers
By Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman
Center for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has uncovered how the officials of the Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) turned their office into court room where they gave stringent bail conditions to any innocent Nigerian that fell of their victim.
The source close to the Lagos Command of the Security establishment
revealed that many innocent Nigerians have been clamped down into
their illegal detention for more than two months and also beyond the
twenty-four hours stipulated by the laws of the land.
It was also discovered that they gave out the bail conditions in black
and white like Court of Law where ransom were also demanded to be part of the stringent bail condition and any victim whose relatives failed
to meet NSCDC’s requests, would be in their illegal detention
unattended to, without any fair trial in the court of competent
Jurisdiction than NSCDC’s court in their office.
The rights group (CHRSJ), upon discovered these illegal, unlawful and
unconstitutional acts of the Lagos State Command of the Civil Defence
Corps last week which were inimical to the principle of fairness,
accountability and justice, it however forwarded a five (5) pages
petition to the Commandant-General of the Civil Defence, President
Muhammadu Buhari, Inspector General of Police(IGP),National Assembly, Lagos State governor and other appropriate authorities in the land over unlawful arrest of one Mr. Adenekan Adedeji since November 9th,2015 till the time of filing this report for alleged indecent assault on two daughters of one Ayodele Ekundayo, where CHRSJ called for the independent panel of inquiry to unravel the veracity of the allegation against the suspect.
The group insisted that the devilish acts of the unscrupulous elements
in the Civil Defence Corps led by Mr. Rabiu Solomon (DDC) and Mr.
Bayo should be stopped and curtailed in the State by not allowing them
to use their ineptitude and act of parochial interest to override the
public interest, to destroy the hard earned reputation of the Corps.
According to the Petition Letter dated Thursday 19th November, 2015
and entitled:” The Petition against your Officers, Mr. Rabiu
Solomon(DDC),the Head, Intelligence & Investigation, Mr. Bayo,
Investigation Officer with phone number: 08034132139 and others of
Intelligence & investigation department of the Nigeria security and
Civil Defence corps (NSCDC) of the Lagos state command, for unlawful,
illegal and illegitimate arrest and torture of Adenekan Adedeji
of 33,Olawale Cole street-turn bus stop, Abule- Egba,Lagos state and
demanding of #340,ooo from his father, Williams Adenekan with
phone number:07044204199,a retired civil servant, before releasing
young Adenekan (Adedeji) over trump- up allegation which Adedeji knew nothing about. The centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) demands for the immediate arrest and outright dismissal of officers mentioned that involved in this barbaric act of lawlessness,
criminality/ indiscipline attitude; and sanction of the Lagos State
Commandant of the corps which allowed evil acts to be perpetrated
under his watch”, which was signed by the CHRSJ’s Chairman,
Adeniyi, Alimi Sulaiman and copy was made available to newsmen in
Lagos yesterday.
Sulaiman who maintained that the Command has turned itself to mini court of law which innocent Nigeria would be held incommunicado over trumped-up-allegation, insisting that the men of NSCDC in the State had deliberately violated the fundamental human rights to fair arrest and hearing of Adedeji Adenekan as stipulated by the Section 34,35&36 of the amended 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which says, every suspect is innocent until the Court of Competent Jurisdiction proves otherwise, promising that the rights group would approach the Court of competent jurisdiction to
seek redress for innocent Adedeji Adenekan.
Part of the petition reads thus,” After our private investigation into
the whole matter which we see that the whole process lack moral and
legal justifications to keep the innocent citizen of this country
incommunicado contrary to section 36 subsection (5) of the amended
1999 Constitution and it is very unfortunate that an Intelligent and
investigative officer of NSCDC that could not deem it fit to take the
matter to court when they discovered that the allegation are
frivolous, malicious, defamation of character and character
assassination against the personality of Mr. Adenekan Adedeji,who
absolutely recognized by section 25 of FRN Constitution as amended.
Even, the almighty Rabiu Solomon and his king of doom,Bayo with
other aides-in-crime refused to carry out DNA TEST to discover the
authenticity suspect among the four of the suspected people alleged
and criminally kept/enveloped into the NSCDC ‘ILLEGAL CELL’.
“Also, in the cause of our inquiry into the whole matter, the
response of Mr. Rabiu Solomon was not favourable as he insisted that
he could not take the matter to court when we insisted that the matter
should be taking to court after ten (10) days of illegal incarcerations
of Adenekan Adedeji.
The source close to the Lagos Command of the Security establishment
revealed that many innocent Nigerians have been clamped down into
their illegal detention for more than two months and also beyond the
twenty-four hours stipulated by the laws of the land.
It was also discovered that they gave out the bail conditions in black
and white like Court of Law where ransom were also demanded to be part of the stringent bail condition and any victim whose relatives failed
to meet NSCDC’s requests, would be in their illegal detention
unattended to, without any fair trial in the court of competent
Jurisdiction than NSCDC’s court in their office.
The rights group (CHRSJ), upon discovered these illegal, unlawful and
unconstitutional acts of the Lagos State Command of the Civil Defence
Corps last week which were inimical to the principle of fairness,
accountability and justice, it however forwarded a five (5) pages
petition to the Commandant-General of the Civil Defence, President
Muhammadu Buhari, Inspector General of Police(IGP),National Assembly, Lagos State governor and other appropriate authorities in the land over unlawful arrest of one Mr. Adenekan Adedeji since November 9th,2015 till the time of filing this report for alleged indecent assault on two daughters of one Ayodele Ekundayo, where CHRSJ called for the independent panel of inquiry to unravel the veracity of the allegation against the suspect.
The group insisted that the devilish acts of the unscrupulous elements
in the Civil Defence Corps led by Mr. Rabiu Solomon (DDC) and Mr.
Bayo should be stopped and curtailed in the State by not allowing them
to use their ineptitude and act of parochial interest to override the
public interest, to destroy the hard earned reputation of the Corps.
According to the Petition Letter dated Thursday 19th November, 2015
and entitled:” The Petition against your Officers, Mr. Rabiu
Solomon(DDC),the Head, Intelligence & Investigation, Mr. Bayo,
Investigation Officer with phone number: 08034132139 and others of
Intelligence & investigation department of the Nigeria security and
Civil Defence corps (NSCDC) of the Lagos state command, for unlawful,
illegal and illegitimate arrest and torture of Adenekan Adedeji
of 33,Olawale Cole street-turn bus stop, Abule- Egba,Lagos state and
demanding of #340,ooo from his father, Williams Adenekan with
phone number:07044204199,a retired civil servant, before releasing
young Adenekan (Adedeji) over trump- up allegation which Adedeji knew nothing about. The centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) demands for the immediate arrest and outright dismissal of officers mentioned that involved in this barbaric act of lawlessness,
criminality/ indiscipline attitude; and sanction of the Lagos State
Commandant of the corps which allowed evil acts to be perpetrated
under his watch”, which was signed by the CHRSJ’s Chairman,
Adeniyi, Alimi Sulaiman and copy was made available to newsmen in
Lagos yesterday.
Sulaiman who maintained that the Command has turned itself to mini court of law which innocent Nigeria would be held incommunicado over trumped-up-allegation, insisting that the men of NSCDC in the State had deliberately violated the fundamental human rights to fair arrest and hearing of Adedeji Adenekan as stipulated by the Section 34,35&36 of the amended 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which says, every suspect is innocent until the Court of Competent Jurisdiction proves otherwise, promising that the rights group would approach the Court of competent jurisdiction to
seek redress for innocent Adedeji Adenekan.
Part of the petition reads thus,” After our private investigation into
the whole matter which we see that the whole process lack moral and
legal justifications to keep the innocent citizen of this country
incommunicado contrary to section 36 subsection (5) of the amended
1999 Constitution and it is very unfortunate that an Intelligent and
investigative officer of NSCDC that could not deem it fit to take the
matter to court when they discovered that the allegation are
frivolous, malicious, defamation of character and character
assassination against the personality of Mr. Adenekan Adedeji,who
absolutely recognized by section 25 of FRN Constitution as amended.
Even, the almighty Rabiu Solomon and his king of doom,Bayo with
other aides-in-crime refused to carry out DNA TEST to discover the
authenticity suspect among the four of the suspected people alleged
and criminally kept/enveloped into the NSCDC ‘ILLEGAL CELL’.
“Also, in the cause of our inquiry into the whole matter, the
response of Mr. Rabiu Solomon was not favourable as he insisted that
he could not take the matter to court when we insisted that the matter
should be taking to court after ten (10) days of illegal incarcerations
of Adenekan Adedeji.
But what we
discovered was that it seems
authority of the State command has mandated Rabiu Solomon to
collect huge sum for the bail of any suspect in their custody as it
applicable on the subject matter.
authority of the State command has mandated Rabiu Solomon to
collect huge sum for the bail of any suspect in their custody as it
applicable on the subject matter.
The officers
action and inaction do not in conformity with the Section 17 sub-section
(2) a, b, c of the1999 Constitution as amended where the 17(2)(b) stipulated
that “ the sanctity of the human person shall be recognized and human
dignity shall be maintained and enhanced; and (c) “governmental(official) actions
shall be humane”
CHRSJ sees the actions of Mr. Rabiu Solomon and his Company against
Adenekan Adedeji as anathema, illegal, unlawful, abomination,
aberration, ungodly, evil, undemocratic, anti-people, inhuman,
disheartening, heartless, uncalled-for and unbecoming of an
intelligent security official in the land, urging the authority of the
NSCDC not to allowed Rabiu Solomon, Mr. Bayo and their
co-travelers to use their opportunity of being working for
government to return the country to the despotic dark days of MILITARY ERA under the guise of official duties.
The petition added that: “ it will interest you to hear that the ABOVE
NAMED officers detained Adenekan Adedeji, refused to take him as
suspect to court within the reasonable stipulated time of the law,
contrary to section 35 sub-section 4&5 of the amended 1999
Constitution, because the suspect biological father (Mr. Williams
Adenekan) refused to yield to the #340,000 bribery part of the bail
condition, demanded by Mr. Rabiu Solomon and his co-travelers in the
saga which contrary to Section 98,99,172,209&494 of the Criminal Code
Cap ‘C’ 38, 2010 FRN & Law of Federation 2010 and 5th schedule, part
1, section 6&8 of 1999 Constitution as amended”.
Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman is the executive director, Center for Human Rights and Social Justice. He could be reached on 08091504/+2348022697573
CHRSJ sees the actions of Mr. Rabiu Solomon and his Company against
Adenekan Adedeji as anathema, illegal, unlawful, abomination,
aberration, ungodly, evil, undemocratic, anti-people, inhuman,
disheartening, heartless, uncalled-for and unbecoming of an
intelligent security official in the land, urging the authority of the
NSCDC not to allowed Rabiu Solomon, Mr. Bayo and their
co-travelers to use their opportunity of being working for
government to return the country to the despotic dark days of MILITARY ERA under the guise of official duties.
The petition added that: “ it will interest you to hear that the ABOVE
NAMED officers detained Adenekan Adedeji, refused to take him as
suspect to court within the reasonable stipulated time of the law,
contrary to section 35 sub-section 4&5 of the amended 1999
Constitution, because the suspect biological father (Mr. Williams
Adenekan) refused to yield to the #340,000 bribery part of the bail
condition, demanded by Mr. Rabiu Solomon and his co-travelers in the
saga which contrary to Section 98,99,172,209&494 of the Criminal Code
Cap ‘C’ 38, 2010 FRN & Law of Federation 2010 and 5th schedule, part
1, section 6&8 of 1999 Constitution as amended”.
Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman is the executive director, Center for Human Rights and Social Justice. He could be reached on 08091504/+2348022697573
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