A Nigerian lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has called out the Lagos state police command, whom he accused of detaining a comedian and content creator, Okpe Kingsley Adegwu, for carrying a placard with the inscription: “NIGERIANS SUFFERING IS TOO MUCH. TINUBU DO SOMETHING”.
In a statement released on his X handle, Inibehe said Adegwu was arrested on Sunday afternoon July 28 while walking along Ikate, an area in the state and has been held at the Lagos Police Command Headquarters, CP Special Squad 1, since Sunday.
He said the police intend to detain Adegwu till the nationwide protest scheduled to begin on August 1 ends.
‘’PROTEST: ILLEGAL ARREST ALERT
We have been alerted that one Mr Okpe Kingsley Adegwu, a comedian and an online content creator, was arrested on Sunday afternoon (28th July 2024) at Ikate, Elegushi gate by the police.
He was arrested while walking and carrying a placard with the inscription: “NIGERIANS SUFFERING IS TOO MUCH. TINUBU DO SOMETHING”.
He has been in the custody of the Lagos Police Command Headquarters, CP Special Squad 1, since Sunday.
This information is reaching us less than 24 hours after the Inspector General of Police declared categorically during our meeting with him on Tuesday that no peaceful protester has been arrested by the police in the country.
The IGP said any report to the contrary was “fake news”.
We are calling on the police authorities to immediately release Okpe Adegwu. We have been told that the police is planning to detain him till the end of the nationwide protest.
This is unacceptable and illegal.
A member of our team of pro bono lawyers is currently at the Lagos State Police Command in respect of this case.”
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PROTEST: ILLEGAL ARREST ALERT
We have been alerted that one Mr. Okpe Kingsley Adegwu, a comedian and an online content creator, was arrested on Sunday afternoon (28th July 2024) at Ikate, Elegushi gate by the police.
He was arrested while walking and carrying a placard with the… pic.twitter.com/W4CJ8O1y4a
— Inibehe Effiong (@InibeheEffiong) July 31, 2024
