After the #EnuguMarathon2026 today, I met Sunday Ifedi, an Enugu native who was unlawfully arrested and detained by the lawless @OfficialDSSNG alongside his wife, Calista, after they were accused of being IPOB operatives since 2021 under the wicked Muhammadu Buhari @Mbuhari regime. They were subsequently shipped to the notorious Wawa Barracks detention facility in Niger State.
Tragically, Calista never made it out alive. She died in custody at Wawa Barracks and was buried in a shallow grave.
Sunday spent more than four years in detention, and he says the DSS later acknowledged that Calista had been wrongly accused, even though they never told him his wife had died in unlawful detention.
Sunday came to meet me with his daughter, Merit, who was only a teenager when her parents were snatched away. She and her siblings were suddenly left without either parent and had to abandon their education.
@AmnestyNigeria and I fought relentlessly to locate Sunday and Calista and secure their freedom, and Barrister @adeyanjudeji too has worked tirelessly on this case.
The lawless DSS initially denied that they had even arrested them. We kept searching and pushing until they were eventually located. By then, however, the consequences of this terrible injustice had become irreversible.
Think about the human cost of this monumental injustice: a woman lost her life in custody; a husband lost his wife and more than four years of his freedom; and their children lost their mother, their father's presence, and crucial years of their education.
Behind every unlawful arrest, prolonged detention and abuse of state power are real human beings and families whose lives can be permanently destroyed.
Nigeria cannot continue to be an unjust nation operated by hooligans in government who wield state power without accountability.
There must be justice for Calista, Sunday, Merit and their entire family. Those responsible for unlawful detention, abuse and death in custody must be identified and held accountable.
Justice must not only be demanded; it must be done.
Shot Dead By Police Officers In Port Harcourt ๐ข๐: A Grieving Sister Has Come Forward With a Disturbing Account Of How She Says Her Brother Was Chased For Hours By Police Officers Before He Was Shot In His Car.
According To Her Account, He Was Still Breathing After The Shooting, But She Alleges That The Officers Pulled Him Out Of The Vehicle, Removed His Gold Chain And Rings, Left Him On The Ground In The Rain And Drove Away With His Car. She Says a Stranger Eventually Found Him And Rushed Him To a Clinic, But Sadly, It Was Already Too Late.
She Also Claims The Family Was Later Confronted With a Demand For An Autopsy And Alleges That The Officers Went To The Mortuary Where The Family Had Kept His Body, Saying They Wanted To Investigate The Circumstances Surrounding His Death.
This Is The Kind Of Story That Continues To Damage Public Confidence In The Police. When Citizens Hear That a Young Man Was Shot, Stripped Of His Belongings, Left In The Rain, And Then Removed From The Mortuary By The Same Agency Accused Of Killing Him, People Do Not Hear โInvestigation.โ They Hear Impunity. The Grieving Sister Is Now Calling For Justice And Demanding Answers Over What Happened To Her Brother. ๐๐