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| 45 Boko Haram suspects in Kirikiri prison, group writes petition |
| 2016-04-19 |
| [NAIJ] Over 45 suspected Boko Haram terrorists are reportedly being detained in Kirikiri maximum prison, Lagos. The Nation reports that the suspects have been in the prison awaiting trial since the last seven months, following an order by a magistrate, Adeola Adedayo of an Isolo magistrate court. The Amnesty International has been called upon by a rights group, the Prisoners’ Rights Advocacy Initiative (PRAI), to carry out an independent investigation of the 45 suspected Boko Haram members arrested in Lagos last year, with a view to ascertaining their true status. Recall that in September last year, operatives of the Department of State Services had arrested 45 suspected Boko Haram members in connection with a foiled attack on Dolphin estate, Ikoyi in Eti-Osa local government area of Lagos. The suspects were charged to a Lagos state magistrate’s court sitting in Isolo and the court ordered they be remanded in Kirikiri prisons in the state. The petition, dated April 5, and signed by the PRAI director, Ahmed Adetola–Kazeem is entitled: Call for investigation and prevention of rights abuse of 45 terrrorism suspects detained in Kirikiri maximum prison since November. The petition was also sent to the executive secretary, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Lagos attorney-general and commissioner for justice. |
| Posted by:Fred |