Human Rights community in Akwa Ibom demands release of village head, alleges media trial

Akwa Ibom Human Rights Community, AKHRC has called for the contiguous merchandise of the Village caput of Asiak Obufa successful Mbo Local Government Area of the State, Chief Edet Asuquo Okon who has been successful constabulary custody for the past 3 days.

The Police Public Relations Office, PPRO, Akwa Ibom, DSP Timfon John had successful a connection connected Wednesday said the operatives acting connected quality arrested the colony caput for being successful possession of an AK-47 firearm and 2 bare magazines. She added that the fishy was arrested astatine the country without incident.

However, the Human Rights Community, miffed by what it described arsenic media proceedings by the Police command, wondered however a fishy would beryllium hurriedly paraded to the media without broad and discreet investigation. He stressed that specified a determination was a usurpation of the cardinal rights of specified a person.

At a property briefing by the convener of AKHRC, Clifford Thomas (Esq), flanked by the Public Relations Officer of the community, Dr Victor David and the Executive Director of COMPPART Foundation, Saviour Akpan successful Uyo connected Friday, they blamed the constabulary for lone telling the nationalist astir the find and betterment of the weapon without availing them with the communicative down the incident.

Barrister Thomas told the property that the assemblage was alarmed with the level of media proceedings by the Police and decided to behaviour an autarkic probe into the latest inci...