The Nigeria Police Force has released the detained Imo-based radio journalist, Chinonso Uba, popularly known as Nonso Nkwa. Nkwa was released on Tuesday, exactly 10 days after a Federal High Court ordered his release within 24 hours, SaharaReporters gathered. SaharaReporters had reported that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on August 18, 2023, ordered the police to release the detained Nkwa within 24 hours, describing his detention as illegal.
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Nigeria Police Force to release the detained Imo-based radio journalist, Chinonso Uba, popularly known as Nonso Nkwa. SaharaReporters reported on Wednesday that the force headquarters arraigned the rights activist, Chinonso Uba, before the court. Uba, who is also the coordinator of the Protect the Weak International Foundation (PROWIF), was arraigned on two counts bordering on insulting Governor Hope Uzodinma and Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo.
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A Coalition of 30 Civil Society Organisations across the country has called on the Nigeria Police Force to immediately release detained human rights defender, Comrade Chinonso Uba popularly called Nonso Nkwa or charge him to court. The coalition decried the detention of Nkwa for more than four days without access to his family and lawyer, a development they said is against the constitutional provisions of Nigeria, the Police Act, and the Administration of Criminal Justice Act.
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