Rights group under the aegis of Talakawa Parliament, Tuesday, decried the “continuous detention” of four Edo community leaders at the force headquarters in Abuja.
The group identified the leaders as Fedelis Owen (secretary, Uzebu community), Martins Obakpolor, Sunday Ogbonmwan and Victor Omorogbe.
Speaker of Talakawa parliament Marxist Kola Edokpayi said the quartet were detained up on March 29, 2021 while honouring invitation to the police headquarters.
While demanding for the immediate release of the quartet, Kola said: “serious steps should be taken to investigate the allegations of Uzebu community leaders to avoid mass protest.”
The activist said the detainees’ ordeal began after they wrote a petition to the police in Benin and Lagos over alleged brutalisation and demolition of their properties by Osakpamwan Eriyo, a Chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to him, “In a dramatic twist of events, instead of investigating the complaints of Uzebu people, the police from Abuja turned around and invited those clamouring that he (Osakpamwan) should be brought to justice over his oppressive activities.”
Osakpamwan had denied the allegations saying that the community indigenes demolished his properties.
