Bayonets for democracy, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Democracy is a very evocative notion. In the name of restoring or defending it, presidents have wielded bayonets and executed coups.
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Democracy is a very evocative notion. In the name of restoring or defending it, presidents have wielded bayonets and executed coups.
The negligence and mismanagement of the Manhattan jail in which Jeffrey Epstein was housed allowed the convicted paedophile to take his own life, according to the US Justice Department's internal watchdog.
Nnamdi Emeh, who exposed an organ trafficking ring in Anambra police command, will likely be released on bail on Monday, SaharaReporters has learnt. However, it was also learnt that the police had finalised plans to rearrest Emeh as soon as he was released on bail. SaharaReporters earlier reported that 26-year-old Emeh, a serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and an IT consultant to the Anambra State Police Command had been in detention since March 3, 2023.
A Federal High Court in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on Wednesday, granted bail to Nnamdi Emeh, the whistleblower who exposed an organ trafficking ring within Anambra police command. SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Nigeria Police Force had finally arraigned Emeh before a Federal High Court in Awka, on 12 counts. They accused him of committing crimes alleged to have violated several regulations and laws. After the charges were read, Emeh, however, pleaded not guilty.
Justice F. O. Riman of the Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State has fixed May 24, 25, 30 and 31, 2023, for accelerated hearing on 12 counts brought against Nnamdi Emeh by the Nigeria police. Emeh is the whistleblower who exposed an organ trafficking ring within the Anambra State police command. SaharaReporters earlier on Wednesday reported that the court granted the whistleblower bail and that while he was yet to meet the stringent bail conditions, the police already had plans to re-arrest him on the court premises.