About 100 Nigerians arrested during the 2020 nationwide End SARS demonstration against police brutality are languishing in prison.

They are currently in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), precisely Suleja Custodial Centre.

Three things are unclear: if they were arrested from Abuja or other states; if they were armed or violent as at the time of arrest; if they have been secretly tried in court.

A source who visited the facility recently told DAILY POST that some of the detainees have not spoken to their family.

The citizen, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, also complained that the prison is overpopulated by 150 per cent.

“Please get the word out, the place is jam-packed. The capacity is 250 but inmates there are around 630,” he said.

“I don’t have the information of persons awaiting-trial and under-trial but I can confirm that about 100 End SARS protesters are there, mostly youths.”

The source described the situation as unfortunate and classified the categories of the detainees into three.

“There are those that have not been taken to court; the ones that don’t have lawyers; the ones yet to speak with their family members.

“The government must not continue to violate their fundamental rights. How can you just detain people whose relatives probably think they were kidnapped or are dead by now?”

At the weekend, Francis Enobore, NCoS Public Relations Officer, told DAILY POST that Nigerians are never detained illegally.

The NCoS, Enobore explained, does not determine “who comes to the custodial centre, how they come, how long they stay and when they go.”

“We work on valid warrant. Anyone that comes to us with a valid warrant and the (affected) person is of age, we will take into custody.

“What we owe the individual is humane environment, training, capacity building, reformation and rehabilitation if the person is a convicted inmate.

“Sometimes, these services are extended to awaiting-trial inmates if is convinent to do so. At the expiration of the term written on the warrant of a convict, the person is released.

“For an awaiting-trial person, it will also be written on the warrant when such a person should be reproduced in court, this is called reproduction warrant. Then we take person to court.

Asked to clarify the status of the End SARS protesters, Enobore said their cases should be in court “if it is true”.

“For those that have lawyers, lawyers will be working on their cases. What will lead to adjournment is not within the control of the correctional service.”

Asked to disclose if the police took the citizens there, Enobore explained that it was not a single security agency that made the arrests.

“You know, during End SARS, there was a time a Joint Task Force was constituted due to the infractions and riots. So, it may not be proper to say it was only the police.”

Further asked to confim if their detention is backed by a warrant, the spokesman answered in the affirmative.

“Of course, with warrant…duly signed warrant. Whoever arrested them may not even matter as much as the warrant that took them there.

“We now have plethora of law enforcement agencies that have arresting power and also retain prosecutorial power.

“What is important is you must process the person through a court of competent jurisdiction that will issue warrant.”

However, Enobore stated that the correctional service does not keep people arbitrarily.

“There is not such thing in Nigeria that you just catch somebody and throw the person into prison. The order must pass through the court.”

On October 20, 2021, Nigerians marked one year anniversary of the military shooting at the Lekki toll gate in 2020.

During the memorial, the police in Lagos and a few other states apprehended civilians and assaulted journalists.

For covering the protest in Osun, police officers arrested DAILY POST reporter, Sikiru Obarayese on the order of CSP Oyegbade Akinloye, DPO – Dugbe Division, and arraigned on trumped-up charges.

Magistrate A. O. Daramola of the Osogbo Magistrate Court berated the police for excessive use of force.

She asked the prosecutor to refer her to the section of the constitution that made recording a police officer or station a criminal offence. Daramola struck out the case.

https://dailypost.ng/2021/11/13/end-sars-100-nigerians-arrested-in-2020-languish-at-ncos-suleja-prison/

When I saw people in 2015 lining up to cast a vote for buharri, I laughed.

The more u read abt how dez cesspool of a country is being run,the more your faith in humanity decreases

Nigeria dey under military regime.

Dividends of 2015 mistakes

“I don’t have the information of persons awaiting-trial and under-trial but I can confirm that about 100 End SARS protesters are there, mostly youths.”

The source described the situation as unfortunate and classified the categories of the detainees into three.

“There are those that have not been taken to court; the ones that don’t have lawyers; the ones yet to speak with their family members.

The logic the Online miscreants could give to nullify the occurrence of Lekki Massacre/shooting is that “how come no one has come out that his/her person is missing since then”.

This is a real and ascertained case of about 100 detained protesters who haven’t been able to communicate with friends and families since then. We haven’t seen people coming out to claim they are missing either.

That people did not come out openly to claim their people are missing after the alleged shooting by the military in Lekki is not a logical reason to denounce the existence of the dirty job done that night in Lekki.

Fake news for wailers. So 100 people will still be in prison since 2020 without media outcry in this era of sensational journalism?

Same way we were told that 38 people invisible people were massacre at Lekki tollgate.

Yoruba's will make same mistake because of their hatetrade for Igbos

Aufbauh:
Fake news for wailers. So 100 people will still be in prison since 2020 without media outcry in this era of sensational journalism?

Same way we were told that 38 people invisible people were massacre at Lekki tollgate.

to defend evil no dey ever tire this one.

Aufbauh:
Fake news for wailers. So 100 people will still be in prison since 2020 without media outcry in this era of sensational journalism?

Same way we were told that 38 people invisible people were massacre at Lekki tollgate.

Lalasticlala come see BMC, do you know how many people dem dey declared missing. See de girl wey dem arrested for Imo, but na Abuja dem see her.

Dem suppose do head count for all prisons for Naija.

No justice for obvious Nigeria.

Francis Enobore, NCoS Public Relations Officer, told DAILY POST that Nigerians are never detained illegally.

Lies! Just imagine! Just go to any prison especially major one like Kirikiri and verify for yourself. May Nigeria not happen to any sane humanity.Lie is richly engrained in the DNA of most agencies under this devillish regime.

Amotolongbo:
....This is a real and ascertained case of about 100 detained protesters who haven’t been able to communicate with friends and families since then. We haven’t seen people coming out to claim they are missing either.

That people did not come out openly to claim their people are missing after the alleged shooting by the military in Lekki is not a logical reason to denounce the existence of the dirty job done that night in Lekki.

The zombies loves the evil of their benefactors as it enhances their own survival.However, they forgotten the law of karma.

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Aufbauh:
Fake news for wailers. So 100 people will still be in prison since 2020 without media outcry in this era of sensational journalism? Same way we were told that 38 people invisible people were massacre at Lekki tollgate.

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Racoon:
The zombies loves the evil of their benefactors as it enhances their own survival.However, they forgotten the law of karma.

He go reach dem.

Let SERAP and Human Rights follow torchlight for this matter.

CYBERSOLDIERSre:
Yoruba's will make same mistake because of their hatetrade for Igbos

y do you people always blame Yoruba for ur misfortune, is it by force to love an enemy

temitope27:
y do you people always blame Yoruba for ur misfortune, is it by force to love an enemy

Nobody dey blame anybody.

Mynd44, no be only Kirikiri 300 people dey oo.