Panel gives police six days to arraign suspect detained for one year
Punch Newspapers Sections Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Independent Investigative Panel probing police brutality in Abuja on Thursday gave police authorities a six-day ultimatum to arraign a suspect, Raphael Toona, who has been in detention for about one year. The chairman of the panel, Justice Suleiman Galadima (retd.), ordered that Toona should be arraigned on or before December 23. Justice Galadima gave the order following an application by his lawyer, N.T Utasha, urging the panel to order the to either release the suspect or arraign him in court of competent jurisdiction. “The first complain...
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