An Ibadan based Legal Practitioner Barrister Tunde Ojehomon has petitioned the Lagos State Police Command over the unlawful arrest, detention and prejudicial stigmatization, harassment and wrongfully accusing his client AlhajiAbayomiAlaka for having a link with the deadly cult group called Badoo.
Ojehomon in Press statement issued and made available to journalist in Ibadan said the actions of the Lagos State Police Command shows that they have no respect for fundamental human rights and the rule of law by detaining AlhajiAbayomiAlaka because the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Section 36(5) stipulates that a person is presumed innocent until is guilt is proven beyond reasonable doubt in a court of competent jurisdiction which the Lagos State Police Command did not follow.
He said further that his client was wrongfully arrested, detained, paraded without preliminary investigation to ascertain a reasonable degree of involvement/culpability only for them to release AlhajiAbayomiAlaka when they realized that they have trampled on his fundamental human rights. He said AlhajiAlaka was even released without any surety.
He further stated that the Lagos State Police Command has no right under the law to parade suspect yet to be tried in the court of law and convicted. He said his client has never been, he is not and will never be a member of any cult or notorious groups that is disturbing the peace of residence of Lagos State.
He also added that the allegation againstAlhajiAbayomiAlaka is untrue baseless and a mere deliberate attempt to damage his hard earned reputation and image.
Barrister TundeOjehomon called on the Inspector General of Police IG Ibrahim Idris to caution the overzealousness of his men against baseless stigmatization of innocent citizens via prejudicial parade. He said as law abiding citizen they have approached the court of law to seek redress to the issue.
He advised the :Lagos State Police Command to tender an unreserved apology to his client by placing their apology letter in some National Dailies so that members of the public will know that AlhajiAbayomiAlaka was wrongfully accused and his image would redeemed because what the Police has done to him has caused a lot of avoke and psychological trauma to him.
