Emenike's Arrest Is Condemnable.
By. Ferdinand Ekeoma.


The illegal arrest of Comrade Iroegbu Emenike of Abia Facts Newspapers (An Online Media Outfit) by men of the DSS in Uyo, Akwaibom State, and his subsequent transfer and detention in Umuahia is an anti democratic affront that must be condemned by all men of good conscience and lovers of democracy.
It would be recalled that officers of the Department of State Securite Service (DSSS) yesterday violently stormed the home of the Abia born Media Practitioner in a Nazi Gestapo manner, ransacked and scattered his house, took his phones and laptop before bundling him into their car and subsequently took him to their station where he was briefly detained before being taken to the Abia State capital.
Emenike's illegal arrest is alleged to have been masterminded by the agents of Abia State Government which is why he was bundled down to Umuahia from Uyo.
The fact that the members of the DSS came with no warrant, and gave no cogent reason is a confirmation to the illegality of the arrest.
It's important that members of the DSSS learn a big lesson from what happened to some soldiers and other security agents who made them selves willing tools in the hands of some enemies of democracy before and during the 2015 general election.
Members of the DSSS should not play into the hands of enemies of Abia State who are determined to perpetuate misgovernance and dictatorship by silencing the voices of the media and the opposition through intimidation, illegal arrest and incarceration.
If the DSSS and their sponsors think they have got any issues to settle with the media, critics and opposition members etc, the instruments of the law must be applied.
If Abia State government and their agents are truly responsible for this primitive kind of political harassment as being alleged, I would advise that they retreat, because anti democratic harassment of this nature has never triumphed over democratic voice of reasoning.
Comrade Iroegbu Emenike's illegal arrest is wicked, insulting, undemocratic and embarrassing to Abians hence the need for his abductors to immediately release him unconditionally in the interest of peace.
Decomcracy has come to stay in Nigeria, and Abia cannot be an exemption.