The Rivers State Civil Society Organisation has called on the state Commissioner of Police, Eboka Friday, to ensure that operatives responsible for the illegal arrest, detention and torture of a boat helmsman, Lucky Onisokume, are identified and prosecuted.
Reacting to the alleged torture, the spokesman for the group, Solomon Lenu, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Monday that it was sad that despite the recentHe said, “We call on the police commissioner in Rivers State, Mr Eboka Friday, to do all he can to keep his police officers in check, because he promised that this was never going to happen under his watch.protests that took place in this country and we felt that after that remarkable event, things will change.
Ekine noted that any Nigerian whose rights had been violated by the police was empowered by the Constitution to take legal actions.