{"id":74297,"date":"2020-06-19T14:44:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T13:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=74297"},"modified":"2020-06-19T15:25:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T14:25:10","slug":"abuse-how-police-ig-speaker-gbajabiamila-flaunted-court-orders-arrested-opposition-spokesman-ikenga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/abuse-how-police-ig-speaker-gbajabiamila-flaunted-court-orders-arrested-opposition-spokesman-ikenga\/","title":{"rendered":"ABUSE: How Police IG, Speaker Gbajabiamila, Flouted Court Orders, Arrested Opposition Spokesman, Ikenga"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, Speaker House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and others, disobeyed a court order restraining them from arresting the Spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, Ikenga Ugochinyere.<\/p>\n

On June 3, 2020, a High Court sitting in Bwari, Abuja, gave an order restraining Femi Gbajabiamila, the Inspector General of Police, the Director-General of State Security Service, SSS, from arresting the CUPP Spokesman.<\/p>\n

But Ugochinyere was assaulted, manhandled, and whisked away to the Force Headquarters, Abuja, by Policemen in a commando-style, allegedly on the orders of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the legal team of the spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP),\u00a0Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere has said the\u00a0Inspector General of Police and speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila would be fully held responsible should any harm or anything untoward happen to their client, Ugochinyere<\/div>\n

The legal team was reacting to the arrest of the CUPP spokesperson in defiance to a court order which restrained the police from carrying out such actions.<\/p>\n

In a statement signed by\u00a0Chibuzor C. Ezike, the legal team of the opposition spokesman called\u00a0on the Inspector General of Police to harken to the order of the Court and release their client immediately.<\/p>\n

Read the full statement:<\/p>\n

The legal team of Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, the spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP has been notified of the arrest of our client by men of the Nigeria Police Force from the Force Head Quarters\u00a0at about 5:30 pm this evening<\/a>.
\nWe have been reliably informed by citizens who witnessed the Commando style arrest that our client was manhandled, assaulted, and whisked away by the men against his will. We were informed that he was eventually told that they were to arrest him based on the instigation by Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

Nigerians will recall that Mr. Gbajabiamila had misdirected the House of Representatives to pass a resolution against Mr. Ikenga and also to direct the Police and the State Security Services to arrest him. However, on 3rd June 2020, the Federal Capital Territory High Court ordered the Police and the SSS \u201cin clear terms not to give effect to the resolutions and acts of Mr. Gbajabiamila and further restrained them from arresting or detaining in any manner our client\u201d<\/p>\n

However, in their usual disobedience to lawful orders of Court, the Police, still on the instigation of Mr. Gbajabiamila has arrested our client and have immediately began to torture him. We call on the Inspector General of Police to harken to the order of the Court and release our client immediately so as not to incur further odium from well-meaning lovers of democracy and constitutionality.\u00a0The injunction order of the Court and all processes in the matter have been served on the Police including the hearing notice notifying that the matter has been adjourned for definite hearing\u00a0on 30th June 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The matter came up for hearing yesterday with being 17th June, 2020 and the Director-General SSS and National Assembly both appeared in Court and have filed their defences while the Police refused to appear or file any defence. We and indeed all Nigerians will hold the Inspector General of Police and Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila fully responsible should any harm or anything untoward happen to Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere.<\/p>\n

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