Hon Chidi Lloyd was brought into the state
yesterday by security men. At press time, Saturday
Vanguard could not establish contact with him. His
Counsel, Nwafor, SAN, said he was worried over the
safety of his client because of the way the Police was
allegedly treating him. He said Hon Lloyd was driven in, blind folded and driven in a Black Maria from the
Port Harcourt International Airport. “Because of my client’s information to me that he
was detained at the Force Headquarters above the
one-day that was allowed, Chidi Lloyd was flown into
Port Harcourt yesterday, and instead of bringing him
to court to defend himself , we found, he was
blindfolded and we don’t know what is happening to him. There is genuine fear for his life. “If the Police have nothing to hide, they would have
brought Chidi Lloyd to court this morning. He is still not
brought to court till about 5pm. Even an armed robber
is brought to court in a Black Maria, so why won’t he
(Chidi) be brought to court. If he is brought to court,
then, we will know that he is alive. “The Chief Justice of the Federation has made rules
that we are following at the Federal High Court and
the High Court and both have concurrent jurisdiction to
hear fundamental rights application” Nwafor said. Emenike Ebete who is also one of his lawyers said it
was sad that the Police was yet to arraign the
lawmaker twenty four hours after he went to the
Force Headquarters, Abuja . Continuing, he
corroborated claim by Nwafor, that his client was
blindfolded when he arrived Port Harcourt, adding that at the moment, he could not say where he was.
He further expressed deep worries over his security. “We arrived Port Harcourt at 8.45am this morning
and over 500 policemen escorted Chidi Lloyd from the
Port Harcourt Airport to the office of the Commissioner
of Police. He was blindfolded when he alighted from
the Black Maria as if he was a common criminal. He
walked into the CP’s office and spent about three minutes. After that, we don’t know his where
about.” Saturday Vanguard gathered that there were plans to
prosecute Hon Lloyd over the fracas on the floor of the
House of Assembly recently. On his part, the member representing Andoni/Opobo
Nkoro Federal Constituency, Rivers State in the House
of Representatives, Hon Dakuku Peterside condemned
the alleged torture of Hon Lloyd by Police in the state
yesterday. “This is not only condemnable but regrettable. Rivers
State Police Command under Mbu seems not to be
bothered by the fact that any evidence that is
obtained by force, torture, intimidation or by any form
of abuse is not admissible in the court of law, and this
is unfortunate. “This inhuman conduct by Rivers State Police
Command is not only a gross abuse of the
fundamental human rights of the accused but further
confirms our fears that Mbu is out to eliminate Lloyd
who has been subjected to horrific ordeal since his
return to Rivers State. “This ugly development in our country today is anti-
thetical to the Geneva Convention which expressly
demands that countries take effective measures to
prevent torture within their borders. Other
international laws also confirm that torture and other
mistreatment of persons in custody are also prohibited in all circumstances under international
human rights law. This, no doubt, is diminishing and a major setback to
our nascent democracy. “The Police High Command should do the needful and
stop subjecting the accused to this inhumanity until full
investigation into the crisis is concluded. He has
neither been convicted of any offence nor condemned
to perpetual incarceration in police custody by any
court of law,” Peterside said in a statement by his media aide, Sylvester Asoya. The statement further lauded the Inspector General of
Police, for the way Hon Lloyd was allegedly treated
while at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. On his part, the Deputy Speaker of the House of
Assembly, Hon Leyii Kwanee also expressed worry
over the whereabout of Lloyd. “ There are dangers of his where about. You can
recall the case of Abiola, when he was arrested and
held in custody, few days after he was released, he
died. So, we don’t know what the police authorities
are doing with Chidi Lloyd. I gathered few hours ago that he was at the Police Officers’ Mess, but now it is about 5pm, Chidi Lloyd is not in court and nobody knows what might happen to him. I was told that he was handcuffed and tortured. Even if there are assumptions that he committed any crime, he deserves an opportunity to express himself before he
can be charged to court. Nobody has the right to torture Chidi Lloyd, not to talk of any Nigerian”,
Kwanee said “If you’ll recall what happened, Chidi Lloyd was
invited by the Police Force Headquarters, Abuja for
alleged conspiracy. It is not possible to conspire with
oneself. Who are the conspirators? I have spoken
severally that there is a grand plan, a design to
undermine democracy in Rivers State. There are elements that are anti-democratic, working to
undermine the developmental efforts of Governor
Amaechi. It is the grand plan by those who are
against the progress of the current administration.
There is development everywhere, but, the enemies are at work”, he said.

Source please. You should stop missinforming the people.

He is a criminal and should be treated as one. BTW where is his messiah the Jesus Christ of Okrika?

He is a criminal and should be treated as one. BTW where is his messiah? Still With Steven at BBC?

The writer is only trying to whip up sentiment.The writer is
Crying wolf where there is non.We are wiser now.

Chidi Llyods deserves whatever he gets apart from being killed!

He's should be treated as criminal!