A human rights group, Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement (CRRAN) has petitioned the Police Service Commission (PSC) over the alleged three-month illegal detention of a 16-year-old secondary school student in Enugu and demanded N50 million as compensation.
The petition signed by Olu Omotayo, President of CRRAN, made available to newsmen in Enugu on Friday was copied to the Inspector General of Police, Abuja, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Chairperson, Renewed Hope Initiative for Women, Youths and Children, State House Abuja.
The petitioners demanded the payment of the sum of N50 million compensation to the child by the Nigerian Police for the grave violation of the rights of a Nigerian child.
Parts of the petition read: “We write to you in respect of the above-mentioned matter on behalf of Mr. Mrs Eze whose 16-year-old son Arinze Eze an SS2 student in one of the secondary schools in the state, was unlawfully detained for over 3 months at the Police Headquarters Enugu from the 9th October 2023 to 12th January 2024, over a phantom case of rape.
