{"id":90225,"date":"2021-12-27T20:01:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T19:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=90225"},"modified":"2021-12-27T20:01:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T19:01:57","slug":"uche-nwosu-its-shameful-police-now-act-like-unknown-gunmen-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/uche-nwosu-its-shameful-police-now-act-like-unknown-gunmen-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Uche Nwosu: It\u2019s shameful police now act like unknown gunmen \u2013Lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1720321568393328418\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">An Abuja-based lawyer and human rights activist, Pelumi Olajengbesi, on Monday, lambasted the Nigeria Police Force for conducting its operations like kidnappers and unknown gunmen.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<p>The lawyer described as shameful, the arrest of Uche Nwosu, a son-in-law to an ex-governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, in a Gestapo style by the police.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the action of the police threatened the ideals of democracy and the Force hierarchies should do all to bring the erring officers to book.<\/p>\n<p>Olajengbesi made this known in a statement just as the police released Nwosu 24 hours after masked security operatives whisked him away during a church service on Sunday at his hometown, Eziama Obieri, in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State.<\/p>\n<p>The statement was titled, \u2018Nigeria Police Force Gestapo style arrest of Uche Nwosu is an embarrassment to Nigeria Justice System\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It read in part, \u201cThe Nigeria Police Force\u2019s conduct in the forceful arrest and apprehension of Chief Uche Nwosu is shameful, unprofessional and smacks of obstinate hooliganism, and hereby stands strongly condemned. Their mode of arrest has all the markings of kidnappers and \u2018unknown gunmen\u2019, leaving more questions than answers in the struggle to unravel the latter menace.<\/p>\n<p>The very nature of the arrest of Chief Uche Nwosu who was neither declared wanted by a competent court nor proven to be evading arrest betrays the political struggle between the state governor and Chief Nwosu\u2019s father-in-law, Senator Rochas Okorocha. But by continually lending itself as a tool of political oppression in the power struggle that has consumed Imo State, the Nigeria Police Force is advertising itself as a \u2018touts for hire\u2019 agency, consumed more by subservience to the abuse of power and clout than by a sense of commitment to the law and due process and this is a truly regrettable state of affair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bastardization of the law and due process by the Police Force represents a great threat to the ideals of democracy that we claim to uphold and it is one that is frequently understated. We must now consider drastic actions beyond token disciplinary actions against a few errant officers to a complete overhaul of the Force without regards or favour to any.\u201d<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_144552365438254000vid-container0\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div id=\"m_144552365438254000avantisContainer0\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"m_144552365438254000avntsPlayer0\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The statement was titled, \u2018Nigeria Police Force Gestapo style arrest of Uche Nwosu is an embarrassment to Nigeria Justice System\u2019.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It read in part, \u201cThe Nigeria Police Force\u2019s conduct in the forceful arrest and apprehension of Chief Uche Nwosu is shameful, unprofessional and smacks of obstinate hooliganism, and hereby stands strongly condemned. Their mode of arrest has all the markings of kidnappers and \u2018unknown gunmen\u2019, leaving more questions than answers in the struggle to unravel the latter menace.\u00a0Sorry, the video player failed to load.(Error\u00a0Code:\u00a0100013)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The statement was titled, \u2018Nigeria Police Force Gestapo style arrest of Uche Nwosu is an embarrassment to Nigeria Justice System\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It read in part, \u201cThe Nigeria Police Force\u2019s conduct in the forceful arrest and apprehension of Chief Uche Nwosu is shameful, unprofessional and smacks of obstinate hooliganism, and hereby stands strongly condemned. Their mode of arrest has all the markings of kidnappers and \u2018unknown gunmen\u2019, leaving more questions than answers in the struggle to unravel the latter menace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Abuja-based lawyer and human rights activist, Pelumi Olajengbesi, on Monday, lambasted the Nigeria Police Force for conducting its operations like kidnappers and unknown gunmen. 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