The lmo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has described as barbaric and unlawful the continuous detention of a popular Radio Presenter, Chinonso Uba, popularly known as Nonso Nkwa in the Nigeria Police facility for five days without trial.
Nonso Nkwa was last Thursday arrested following a petition from the Imo State government for defaming it by accusing the government of working with Asari Dokubo, a militia leader, to unleash violence and killings in the state.
In a release signed by the party's spokesman, Emenike Nmeregini appeal to the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, "to expediently look into whatever reasons he is being held for and immediately charge him to court in line with the extant laws."
The release partly reads, "We of the PDP, being democratic and people oriented wish to join the numerous voice of lmolites and Civil Society Organisations to condemn this barbaric act of continuous detention of this eminent voice of the voiceless, without recourse to the extant law of the land.
"The police should diligently and dispassionately investigate the allegations against the young man and if found incriminating, should be charged to court rather than infringing his rights.
"This idea of whisking and confining alleged offenders to long periods of incarceration at the instance of the state government should be reconsidered, else it will drum wrong signals, create unnecessary panic in the minds of the people, dent police image and worse off, gag the press in the state.
"The party observes with disdain the several cases of commandoo act of arrests in the state by enforcement agencies that are suppose to respect the sanctity of human life and the due process and procedure of enforcing the law.
"We use this medium to appeal to more lovers of democracy and good governance to lend their voices to the immediate prosecution of Nonso Nkwa to court if found wanting, rather than banishing him in jail."
