SAN FRANCISCO, January 26, (THEWILL) – The House of Representatives on Thursday resolved to probe all cases of disobedience to court orders as well as the unlawful arrests and detention of Nigerian citizens by the Department of State Services, DSS.
This resolution followed a motion moved by Toby Okechukwu, Ali Madaki, Kingsley Chinda, Zakari Mohammed and six others.
Okechukwu, who represents Aninri/Agwu/Oji-Uzo federal constituency of Enugu State, averred that, “these actions are unacceptable in a democratic society”.
Meanwhile, the House directed the secret police to immediately release the National President of National Youth Council of Nigerian, NYCN, Ikenga Ugochinyere, Ugo Apuamagha, Emeka ldibia, and Ejike Nwachukwu, who were arrested on December 22, 2016 for allegedly planning a protest, or charge them to court without further delay.
In its resolution, the Green Chamber mandated the Committees on Human Rights, Police Affairs, National Security and Intelligence and Justice to probe the incident and all other cases of unlawful and arbitrary arrests and detention of citizens and disobedience to court orders since June 2015.
The committees were requested to report back to the House within four weeks for further legislative action.
