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.

Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Offa     Ahman Pategi     Rafiu Olasile     Funmilayo Mohammed     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Esinrogunjo     Saheed Alakoso     Moshood Bakare     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     FERMA     Edu     Orisun Igbomina     Pakata Development Association     Lai Mohammed     Women Radio     Moses Rahman Popoola     Buhari     Wahab Isa     Zulu Gambari     NITDA     Ariyo     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Adeniyi Ojo     United Nigeria Airline     Babatunde Ajeigbe     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Henry Olaosebikan     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Moses Adekanye     Salaudeen Oyewale     Ekweremadu     REO CAKES     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Ahmed \'Lateef     National Democratic Congress     CKNG     NaAllah     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Moro     Muhammed Abdullahi     Ayedun     Yusuf Arowosaye     Flights To Ilorin     Balogun Ajikobi     Sulaiman Gado     Communication Network Support Services     Ilorin Durbar     Otoge     Bahago     Cornelius Adebayo     Ahman Patigi     Akorede     Oke-Oyi     Sayomi     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Lawal Jimoh     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Abdullahi Atanda     Bisi Kristien     Afonja     Yusuf Ali     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     ER-KANG Mining     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Durosinlohun Atiku     Halimat Yusuf     Fatimoh Lawal     Council Of The Wise     Bukola Ajikobi     Al-Adaby     Shehu Alimi Foundation    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Monthly Sanitation Exercise     RTEAN     Aminat Omodara     Mahee Abdulkadir     Durosinlohun Atiku     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Risikat Lawal     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Mustapha Akanbi     Summit University     Lawal Jimoh     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Saeedat Aliyu     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Oke-Odo     Abubakar Suleiman     Gwanara     Kamoru Kadiri     NAWOJ     Senate     Aisha Gobir     Oke Sunna     Kunle Akogun     Babajide Ajayi     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Idris Garuba     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Charcoal     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Egbejila     Owode Market     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     11th Galadima     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Khairat Gwadabe     AbdulQowiy Olododo     ANCOPPS     Olosi Of Osi     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Iyabo Adewuyi     Adeola Abraham     AbdulRahman Saad     Ishaq Salman     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Olatomiwa Williams     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     T And K FOODS     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Adisa Logun     Vasolar Consortium     Moji Makanjuola     Adaramaja     Agor     Muhammadu Gobir     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Wole Oke     QuickWin     Yusuf Badmus     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     08001000100     Lotus Bank     Chikanda     Universal Basic Education Commission     Y.A. Abdulkareem     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Olaitan Adefila     Bello John Olanrewaju     Akeem Lawal     Ajakaye     Kwara 2023