Police Accused of Forging Remand Warrant, Detaining Victim For Months

George Davidson, a petitioner at the on-going Independent Investigate Hearing on SARS in Abuja, has accused the Nigerian Police of arresting him based on alleged forged remand warrant.

He said he was arrested and moved from one correctional service centre to another with forged remand warrants.

He narrated this at the ongoing Independent Investigative Panel on SARS and other units of the Nigeria Police on Tuesday.

Davidson explained that in the cause of trying to expose corruption in every sector of the society, he reported the activities of a level 9 officer (Regina), who works with the Nigerian Civil Service Commission and owns. According to him, Regina also owns a big estate and is a serving director of a private organization.

He added that he filed a petition to the IGP in respect of his findings on Regina and he was invited to tender evidence of Regina’s account details, pictures and other vital documents, to IPO Ihenware.

He stated further that the Police suddenly turned against him as he was constantly arrested and mistreated.

He also alleged torture, lack of fair hearing and confiscation of personal property by the Police.

The petitioner’s counsel, Sani Bello, a research analyst with Save the Soul Transparency and Eagle eyes International Foundation further stressed in his petition the atrocities suffered by one of the organization’s agents —Davidson.

But the Chairman of the Panel, Justice Suleiman Galadima, was dissatisfied with the presentation of facts by the petitioner who also stood in as his counsel.

He, thereafter, directed Chino Obiagwu SAN (Counsel to the panel) to stand in as the petitioner’s counsel to assist in adequately presenting the case before the panel.

Justice Galadima then adjourned the matter to 27 Jan. 2021 to enable counsels to study the matter and present same appropriately.

Other respondents in the matter are also to be served hearing notices to appear before the panel accordingly.