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  A Delta State-based, self-proclaimed human rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, has declared that he is in “serious debt” and not mentally stable.   Gwamnishu contested to become a member of the Delta State House of Assembly as a candidate of the Labour Party in the March 18, 2023 legislative election but lost.   In a series of Facebook posts on Sunday, Gwamnishu claimed that he owed N110,000,000 and had paid N72,000,000, leaving him with a debt of N38,000,000 to offset.  

The petitioner also alleged that the policemen also collected a gold necklace from Davidson worth N4 million.

The trending story of the murder of Afrobeat singer Mohbad and the controversy it has stirred compel a re-examination of the functionality, effectiveness, efficiency, professionalism and integrity of the Nigeria Police. The Mohbad case and others before it warrant a critical interrogation of some questions: is the Nigeria Police, as an institution, functional and ruled by professionalism and discipline? Does it have a track record for being prompt, thorough, impartial, honest, transparent, fair ...

An independent human rights advocacy organisation, the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC), has decried Delta State Police Command's speedy arrest and parading of over 100 persons suspected to be conducting gay marriage in a hotel in the Warri area of the state. SaharaReporters had reported that Delta State Police Command of the Nigeria Police Force arrested over 100 men suspected to be carrying out a “gay wedding ceremony”, in the state.

The death of Chidubem Ezenwa, a 24-year-old indigene of Aguleri, Anambra East Local Government Area and Delta State-based business man, in police custody

A Delta State-based, self-acclaimed human rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, who was accused of defrauding several victims of millions of naira in his fake activism bid has admitted to receiving “gifts” from former state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa. The embattled activist in a reaction to a SaharaReporters’ investigative story on his chain of alleged criminal activities, said Okowa also sent him N300,000 to fix his (Gwamnishu’s) car and later gave him a brand new Toyota Hilux in 2021.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has in a letter dated May 15, 2023, directed the Delta State Commissioner of Police to investigate the criminal allegations against a Delta State-based human rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishu. SaharaReporters had earlier this month reported how the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) and 17 other human rights groups across Nigeria petitioned the IGP to probe Gwamnishu over millions of Naira fraud allegations.

The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) and 17 other human rights groups have petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, to probe a Delta State-based human rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, over millions of Naira fraud allegation.

The apology came after several months of social media attacks and criticisms against Fufeyin.

A human rights group, Concerned Nigerian Citizens for Equity, (CNCE), has condemned last week’s attack and brutalisation of three Delta State-based journalists by policemen attached to the Ughelli 'A' division while the pressmen were returning from official duties. SaharaReporters had gathered that the attack and brutalisation of the three journalists who were controlling traffic in Ughelli were allegedly supervised by Asanaenyi Ibok, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ughell...