Comprehensive List Of Nigerians Buhari’s Government Sent To Prison

Comprehensive List Of Nigerians Buhari's Government Sent To Prison - Photo Source/Punch

The refusal of the Department of State Services to release Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of SaharaReporters, an online news platform from its custody has brought to mind several other instances where the government ignored court orders. From unlawful imprisonment to outright refusal to obey court directives, below is a list of Nigerians jailed by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government.

Omoyele Sowore

Sowore was arrested by the Department of State Service on Saturday, August 3, 2019. since then, He has been in custody, despite been granted bail by a Federal High Court in Abuja. he will be re-arraign today. The activist, who was arrested for planning to stage a nationwide protest tagged #RevolutionNow accused the journalist and former presidential aspirant of treasonable felony, money laundering and cyber crimes.

El-Zakzaky

Besides Sowore, other Nigerians that are being detained despite court orders include the leader of the IMN, El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat; who have been detained by the DSS in spite of an order the Federal High Court on 20 December 3, 2016.

Dasuki

The Federal Government has also continued to disobey various court orders granting bail to the immediate-past NSA, Dasuki.

The ex-NSA is facing multiple charges bordering on illegal firearms possession and diversion of the $2.1bn earmarked under former President Goodluck Jonathan for the purchase of arms for the Nigerian Armed Forces to fight the Boko Haram insurgents.

He regained his freedom on December 29, 2015 after perfecting the bail conditions. The freedom was, however, did not last long as he was re-arrested by the DSS when he was released.

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Jones Abiri

Also, Jones Abiri has been in detention since July 21, 2016. His family members, friends and medical doctors have not been allowed access to him at the Kuje Prison, where he is being detained.

Naval officer Labinjo and 67 persons in DIA underground detention

Recently, Falana wrote the National Human Rights Commission complaining how about 67 persons including Naval Captain Dada Labinjo, had been held for months by the Nigerian Navy without trial.

Falana, said though he obtained an order of the Federal High Court for the release of many of them, the court order was ignored.

He said Labinjo was being detained in the underground detention facility of the Defence Intelligence Agency in Abuja since September 12, 2018.

Dadiyata’s whereabouts unknown – Activist

More than 42 days after his arrest, an activist, Abubakar Idris, popularly known as Dadiyata, has not been released.

An civil rights activist, Ibrahim Maryam, told our correspondent in Kano that activists had been searching for Dadiyata, adding that no security agency had claimed responsibility for his arrest.

He said another activist, Basheer Galadanchi, was arrested about two weeks ago by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.

Maryam said that civil rights activists and Basheer’s family members were still making efforts to fulfil his bail conditions.

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