An Ilorin High Court yesterday summoned the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to appear before it on Wednesday next week to justify the continued detention of Lekan Alabi, Personal Assistant to Kwara state Governor Abdulfattah Ahmed, arrested over the April 5, 2018 armed robbery in Offa.


This is as the lead counsel to the suspect, Adelodun Ibrahim, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) bemoaned the failure of the police to release another suspect over the same incident, Alhaji Babatunde AbdulWahab the Chief of Staff to the governor, who has been granted bail by another high court in the state.

Adelodun, leading four other lawyers, told newsmen after yesterday’s proceeding that the refusal of the police to obey the court order on AbdulWahab was worrisome as it portends grave dangers to the deepening of democracy and might lead to a loss of confidence in the fairness of the police to handle such cases among the populace.

The police was not represented at yesterday’s proceeding although Adelodun told the court they had been served all the processes related to the case.
The case was brought to Ilorin following the refusal of a Federal High court in Abuja to hear it as the alleged crime was committed in Kwara state.

Alabi has been in detention since May 28, 2018 and has not been arraigned before any court of law, a development his counsel, Adelodun, argued is in contravention of the provisions of Order 4, Rules 3 and 4 of the Fundamental Rights enforcement procedure rules (2009) as well as Sections 34, 35, 36, 37, 41 And 46 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Making the order at its sitting yesterday, Justice Adebayo Yusuf said there was nothing in the constitution that allows the detention of a suspect without trial for a period beyond 24 hours where there is a court or 48 hours in environment where there is no court.

In a short ruling following the application by Adelodun for an interim bail for the suspect pending the determination of the substantive application, the court aligned with the position of the SAN but decided to allow the police another opportunity to defend its position.

“The position of the law is as stated by the leaned silk, however I’m inclined to hear from the respondent to come to court and show cause why the applicant should not be released from their custody, since they have been served the motion on notice”, the judge said adding that it is clear that the police cannot change the constitution.

Adelodun had while moving the application pointed out that the detention of the applicant for 60 days without trial is a prima facie case of a breach of his rights to liberty as enshrined in section 35 (7) of the constitution and pointed out that Section 122 of the Evidence Act empowers the court to take judicial notice of the time involved in the exchange of written addresses and affidavit by parties which can compound the suffering of the applicant.

“We are not asking the court to declare our client guilty or innocent at this stage but the police has no right to keep a suspect forever”, he said citing the decision of the Appeal Court in the case of EFCC vs Akingbola, (2015 NWLR p1470,pgh249,pp290) to buttress his submission.
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Let dem b busy pursing Saraki and Dino Upandan instead of prosecuting d suspects dey have..

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Not surprised a bit. Disobeying the rule of law and court orders in one outstanding achievement of this skewed administration led by one certain retar.ded Sudanese terrorist at Aso Rock.

Mr transmission is just transmitting what he got from terrorist Abdulrecession Aminu Jubrin.

So , when saraki was buying them guns to rig elections or silence opposition it's normal ?

When Dino was running gun for his attack dogs it's Ok

But when FG and Nigerian Police is seeking justice for those who were affected directly or indirectly it is pursuing ?


Some people need brain scan urgently

Nbote:
Let dem b busy pursing Saraki and Dino Upandan instead of prosecuting d suspects dey have..

RevenGeMission:
So , when saraki was buying them guns to rig elections or silence opposition it's normal ?

When Dino was running gun for his attack dogs it's Ok

But when FG and Nigerian Police is seeking justice for those who were affected directly or indirectly it is pursuing ?


Some people need brain scan urgently

buhari is aware no be dem follow rig buhari in

When Buhari is kicked out the illiterate IGP must be put in handcuffs and thrown in jail for all illegal atrocities he has commited.

Court order my foot.

Police will conduct their investigation before they can charge them to court

I think it is safer for democracy and for everybody generally if the police and other government agencies follow the rule of law. If the man is 'guilty', arraign him before a competent court as the constitution allows or respect court order and grant him bail while you carry out your investigations.

RevenGeMission:
So , when saraki was buying them guns to rig elections or silence opposition it's normal ?

When Dino was running gun for his attack dogs it's Ok

But when FG and Nigerian Police is seeking justice for those who were affected directly or indirectly it is pursuing ?


Some people need brain scan urgently

I assume u are educated and on that premise let me mention to u that it is fine for u or the police to think that saraki bought guns for thugs to silence his opponents that makes him a suspect. but this has to be proved in court and d court has to find him guilty before he can face any form of punishment. That is justice. But the federal govt. Through the police is handing out punishment to suspects without trial in court. That my friend is injustice. If u don't know justice is a three way traffic. Justice for the state, the victim, and the accused..... Thank u

Disregard for rule of law under this Fulani govt is monumental.

1shortblackboy:
I assume u are educated and on that premise let me mention to u that it is fine for u or

1 the police to think that saraki bought guns for thugs to silence his opponents

that makes him a suspect. but this has to be proved in court and d court has to find him guilty before he can face any form of punishment. That is justice.

2 But the federal govt. Through the police is handing out punishment to suspects without trial in court.

That my friend is injustice. If u don't know justice is a three way traffic. Justice for the state, the victim, and the accused..... Thank u

1 It was not taught up , he really did and most politicians at his level do buy weapons , i have stated the weapons i saw with my own eyes when some Ayee Axe men were hired by Oyinlola and Erelu , they went to collect their balance after the Osun election, Erelu had soldiers send them away , those weapons are still in Ilesha , Police will find evidence if only Saraki will submit himself to investigation


Name just one person who is being or has been punished without trial in court

RevenGeMission:


1 It was not taught up , he really did and most politicians at his level do buy weapons , i have stated the weapons i saw with my own eyes when some Ayee Axe men were hired by Oyinlola and Erelu , they went to collect their balance after the Osun election, Erelu had soldiers send them away , those weapons are still in Ilesha , Police will find evidence if only Saraki will submit himself to investigation


Name just one person who is being or has been punished without trial in court

you seem naive. Go to the police and tell them what you just typed. Help them with the investigation

RevenGeMission:


1 It was not taught up , he really did and most politicians at his level do buy weapons , i have stated the weapons i saw with my own eyes when some Ayee Axe men were hired by Oyinlola and Erelu , they went to collect their balance after the Osun election, Erelu had soldiers send them away , those weapons are still in Ilesha , Police will find evidence if only Saraki will submit himself to investigation


Name just one person who is being or has been punished without trial in court

maybe u need to read d story again the kwara state govornors aid is in police custody even after d order of court for his release. What of elzarkzarky and dasuki? D courts have severally ordered for their release but d FG has refused. This is a bad precedent

candy:
I think it is safer for democracy and for everybody generally if the police and other government agencies follow the rule of law. If the man is 'guilty', arraign him before a competent court as the constitution allows or respect court order and grant him bail while you carry out your investigations.

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The police have no respect for the lives lost! If they do they will take this investigation more serious. Reasons why I think the police is unserious

1. What are the investigators doing in Abuja when the crime was committed in Kwara?

2. The police seems to have a desired end outcome which is Saraki and are trying to go look for reasons to justify this outcome. They should rather go to the field and investigate this matter and follow the real evidence to wherever it leads

3. Stop the media politicisation of the matter. For the sake of the family of those who died! This matter is too serious to play politics with.

These people will not listen...leave Saraki alone except you want to disgrace yourself. He is backed and protected by foreign powers and intelligence agencies. As one Nairalander rightfully put it " Saraki evaded the blockade through the aid of a foreign intelligence agency that sneaked him out and ferried him to the National assembly." Even Nigerian security services cannot understand how he escaped because they surrounded him 12 hrs before the planned impeachment.

candy:
I think it is safer for democracy and for everybody generally if the police and other government agencies follow the rule of law. If the man is 'guilty', arraign him before a competent court as the constitution allows or respect court order and grant him bail while you carry out your investigations.

The issues is not really about Court Orders. We need to really understand the processes by which these orders are gotten. In many instances they are fraudulently derived.Imagine the socalled P.A who was in custody of weapons which the police are still investigating that it might have been used in the death of over 30 people in offa.you are now asking for the guy to be released.This was the Guy who asked is younger brother to go hide the weapons in their family farm. Never rule out the intrest of the so called judges.

court orders IGP, while IGP orders FUFU....
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Nationalman:
The issues is not really about Court Orders. We need to really understand the processes by which these orders are gotten. In many instances they are fraudulently derived.Imagine the socalled P.A who was in custody of weapons which the police are still investigating that it might have been used in the death of over 30 people in offa.you are now asking for the guy to be released.This was the Guy who asked is younger brother to go hide the weapons in their family farm. Never rule out the intrest of the so called judges.

The problem then lies with the police who have failed to provide enough evidence to nail him and not the judge who ruled in his favor. It is the duty of the prosecuting counsel to prove his case before the judge. Once that fails, you can't blame the defense counsel for using the loophole to his client's advantage. Even if the judge was bribed or compelled to rule in the suspect's favor, it is only right for the police to follow court orders first, then build up a strong case to get the suspect convicted. There is the appeal process! So, you think it's a good development if the police decide to keep suspects in their custody because the judge is corrupt? I still say it's gross abuse of the system.

1shortblackboy:
maybe u need to read d story again the kwara state govornors aid is in police custody even after d order of court for his release. What of elzarkzarky and dasuki? D courts have severally ordered for their release but d FG has refused. This is a bad precedent

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candy:

The problem then lies with the police who have failed to provide enough evidence to nail him and not the judge who ruled in his favor. It is the duty of the prosecuting counsel to prove his case before the judge. Once that fails, you can't blame the defense counsel for using the loophole to his client's advantage. Even if the judge was bribed or compelled to rule in the suspect's favor, it is only right for the police to follow court orders first, then build up a strong case to get the suspect convicted. There is the appeal process! So, you think it's a good development if the police decide to keep suspects in their custody because the judge is corrupt? I still say it's gross abuse of the system.

even in case of outright evidence the judges will still look for a technical ground to dismiss the case.I have experienced such