Nigerian Navy Fails To Release Two Personnel For Trial Six Months After Stabbing Police Superintendent To Death | Sahara Reporters

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The Nigerian Navy has shielded two of its personnel who were involved in the stabbing to death of an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abiona Hezekiah, in the Satellite area of Lagos State since December 3, 2022, SaharaReporters learnt on Saturday. SaharaReporters gathered that the navy had refused to hand over two naval ratings, namely; Seaman Nnamani Anointing, and OSMTD Onyekachi Egwin, to the Nigerian police for prosecution, as confirmed by Inibehe Effiong, a human rights lawyer, in a release on Saturday.

Nigerian Navy Fails To Release Two Personnel For Trial Six Months After Stabbing Police Superintendent To DeathSaharaReporters gathered that the navy had refused to hand over two naval ratings, namely; Seaman Nnamani Anointing, and OSMTD Onyekachi Egwin, to the Nigerian police for prosecution, as confirmed by Inibehe Effiong, a human rights lawyer, in a release on Saturday.

Effiong noted that the naval authorities had been playing hide-and-seek with the case and had refused to take appropriate actions against their personnel. “However, the Nigerian Navy demanded that the officers should be released to them for internal investigation and dismissal from service before they can be prosecuted in the civil court. The police released the two suspects as demanded by the Naval authorities.

 

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