SARS officers detained us for 73 days demanding we implicate Saraki -Petitioners

Date: 2021-01-09

TWO petitioners; Alhaji Kehinde Gobir and Alhaji Shuaib Jawondo, on Wednesday said that some police officers attached to the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad detained them for 73 days in order to implicate former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki.

The duo who gave graphic details of how they were tortured and humiliated by the police claimed that the disbanded SARS operatives threatened and asked them to implicate Saraki during their alleged ordeal in detention.

Testifying before the #EndSARS panel of inquiry in Ilorin, Kwara State, the petitioners alleged high depth of impunity and human rights abuses by the SARS operatives who interrogated them for their alleged involvement in April 5, 2018, Offa bank robbery.

"We spent over 73 days in police detention in both Ilorin and Abuja as the police accused us of collecting guns from Saraki to participate in the bank robbery operation," they said.

They, however, clarified that they were only political supporters of the former Senate President.

The petitioners also accused the disbanded SARS officers of confiscating their property, which included two Toyota Corolla cars, handsets and N250,000 collected before they were granted bail.

"We did not participate in any crime or involved in any robbery killing in Offa or having any criminal records whatsoever as being wrongfully alleged by the SARS officers. We urge the panel to do the needful by facilitating the quick recovery of our property," the petitioners said. ? In his response, counsel for the police, Adekunle Iwalaye, urged the panel to dismiss the petitions in their entirety.

The Chairman of the panel, Justice Tunde Garba (retd.), adjourned the matter till January 13, 2021 for continuation of hearing.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Oya State     Toyosi Thomas     Salihu S. Yaru     Gbajabiamila     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Valsolar Consortium     ASUU     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Roseline Oni Aremu     Kwara Apc     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Amusement Park     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Kwara State Fire Service     Halimat Yusuf     Omupo     Mazars Consulting     Moses Salami     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Jide Ashonibare     Rachael Obisesan     Kemi Adeosun     LAK Jimoh     Amuda Aluko     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Abubakar Imam     Omoniyi     IYA YUSUF     Elewu     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Funmilayo Zubair     KSIRS     Segun Abifarin     Kwara Basketball Association     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     ER-KANG     Aliyu Muhammed     Eleja     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Azeez Bello     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Adama Isa     Eghe Igbinehi     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Laduba     Adedeji Onimago     TIC     Ilorin General Hospital     Al-Hikmah Radio     Samuel Adaramola     Jimoh Bashir     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Ayo Adeyemi     Saduki Lafiagi     Split Diamond Interchange     Kola Olota     Ilorin Durbar     Quareeb Islamic Association     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Baakini     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Isiaq Khadeejah     Baboko     Abubakar Ndakene     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Otuka     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Senate President     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Oyelere Oyinloye     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Hajj     Oke-Ero     Olatunde Michaels     Femi Gbajabiamila     Salihu Ajibola Ajia    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Raymond Olaitan     Okiki     KFA     Wahab Isa     Leke Ogungbe     NAWOJ     Kola Ologbondiyan     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Oniye     Dumagi     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Igosun     Osi     Ronke Adeyemi     Frootify     Valsolar     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     TESCOM     Local Government     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Pategi     UTME     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Surajudeen Akanbi     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Durosinlohun Kawu     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Sabi     COVID     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Sai Kayi     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Rashidi Yekini     AGILE Programme     JMK Construction Company Limited     Alanamu     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Benin Republic     KWASIEC     KW-GIS     NFAI     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Tunji Folami     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Shettima     Dan-Kazeem     Razak Atunwa     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     New Nigeria People’s Party     Elections     Musibau Akanji     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Dele Belgore     Pacify Labs     Shonga     Olosi Of Osi     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Jani Ibrahim     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Adebara     Ajibike Katibi     Saheed Akinwumi     Plat Technologies     Yaman     Asa     Mashood Dauda