Group wants Governor Sanwo-Olu, Justice Ministry, Anti-graft bodies to beam searchlights on activities of Lagos Command of NSCDC, State judiciary

…..Lament plight of innocent citizens remanded in Lagos Correctional
centre for over Six (6) years on trumped-up charge.

A human rights organization, the Centre for Human Rights and Social
Justice (CHRSJ) has raised an alarm over spate of corrupt practices,
abuse of office and misuse of power being carried out by law
enforcement agents and judicial officers in Lagos State calling urgent
intervention of the State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and State
Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice

In a statement issued and signed by the Executive Chairman of CHRSJ,
Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman and copies were made available to
newsmen on Friday; they also urged relevant authorities to beam
searchlights on these two institutions, exposing their tendency for
engaging in corrupt practices and abuses of office which was putting
several lives in jeopardy.

According to CHRSJ, the personnel working in these key institutions
place premium on money by extorting accused persons in legal cases
over and above the need to dispense justice, the major reason why they
(the two institutions) were put in place.

The group specifically accused operatives and personnel working in the
various courts in the state, security operatives in using the three
correctional facilities located in Kirikiri, Ikoyi and Badagry to
punish innocent residents unduly for their inability to yield to their
monetary demands in the course of performing their statutory duties.

Those urged to checkmate the activities of these institutions include
the National Judicial Council (NJC), the National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC), the Lagos State Commissioner for Justice and
Attorney-General, Mr. Moyosore Jubril Onigbanjo, (SAN) and Lagos State
Governor (Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu).

“We are very sad with the situation of things in Lagos judiciary
presently, as we were recently lamented on the increapancies with
poncarturious competitious narcornic narcunal and the prejudice
activities of the officials and Chief Magistrate in the Samuel Ilori
Court building, located at Ogba in the ikeja Magisterial District in
the Case Suit (No:MISC/69/2021 & MIK/3997/2020), including the Apapa
Magisterial District in the Suit (No:MCA/008/17) holden at Court(2),
before Hon. Mrs.O.M. Ajayi, likewise in the Case Suit (No:
MISC/MCA/182/2012) in the Ojo Magisterial District holden at Court
(No.6), Mobil Road, Apapa, before Magistrate A.K.Shonubi(MRS)”C/M II”.

We are also sad with the situation of things in the law enforcement
agencies, particularly, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
and we are calling on the relevant authorities to step in and restore
order in the interest of justice,” the statement reads in part.

The group cited the plights of three Lagos residents to buttress its
anger and they have been remanded in Correctional Centre ( Maximum
Prison) since 2015 without trial, as the Lagos Judiciary and the Law
Enforcement Agency did to One Mallam Ibrahim Akinpelu Adigun in the
Purported case Suit (No:ID/399m/2005,

Mallam Akinpelu who spent complet Ten (10) Years in the same
Correctional Centre, Kirikiri-Apapa, Lagos, without any offence being
committed, before he was Discharged and Acquitted on Wednesday 22nd
day of February, 2006, but his discharged document signed on 8th day
of April, 2016 by the Deputy Controller of the Nigeria Correctional
Centre (Prison) Lagos.

According to the group, trouble began for the trio of Adenekan
Adedeji, Ojo Taiye and John Mahason, when the personnel of the NSCDC
arrested them over frivolous allegation of gang raping a five year-old
girl.

Lamenting the plights of unjust detainees, the group, which expressed
reservations and anger said, “These men were arrested by the personnel
of the NSCDC for the allegation on the 5th of November, 2015 and they
were arraigned on Tuesday, 24th of November 2015.”

After spent the completed Nineteen(19) days in the Nigeria Security
and Civil Defence Corps Cell, located at NSCDC State Commandant’s
Office, Plot (1), Block (B), Awolowo Way, Ikeja Business District,
Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, due to the incapacitated of the detainees family
members to avoid the sum of Three Hundred and Forty thousand
Naira(#340,000) requested by NSCDC Officers like Mr. Bayo with Phone
Number:-(+234 8034132139),Mrs. Bucky (+234 8060175018), Mr. Andu(+234
8066365603) and one Mr. Rabiu Solomon (DCC) from each suspect.

It stated that they were charged before a Magistrate Court, in Ikeja
Magisterial District, Holden at family Court (2) and presided over by
Mrs. B.O.Osunsanmi (CM.l) in SUIT No.CR/MISC/B/32/2015 over the
allegation of rape by the operatives of the NSCDC, adding that
Magistrate Osunsanmi who ordered their remanded at the Kirikiri
Correctional Centre, also urged the NSCDC to obtain a legal advice
from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).

Sulaiman however said that the case file of one Peter Arabo who is
believed to have committed the offence was said to have been forwarded
to the DPP and not those of the people that were charged.

“The proposed charge sheet dated, 30th of November, 2015 was forwarded
to the DPP and it was signed by the lawyers of the NSCDC, Okandeji
Erute (Ms) and Owomunigbon Halima (Mrs.), they were legal Officer
working with the NSCDC,adding that response came from the DPP’s office
the same day vide a letter with reference number
LJP/MISC/R/2015/156/14 signed by one Olubunmi V. Fagbayi (Mrs.) who
then was an Assistant Director in the Directorate of Public
Prosecution (DPP) for the then Commissioner for Justice and
Attorney-General.
CHRSJ stated that the advice that was given by the office of the DPP
was that all of them including Arabo have case to answer and their
case was referred to Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of the Court 34 in
Ikeja Division on the 12th of January, 2016.

The group further stated that Lawal-Akapo rejected the case file when
he discovered that both the charge sheet and DPP’s advise were issued
on the same date, saying the group (CHRSJ) had written a petition on
the case to the Lagos State Governor and the then Commissioner for
justice as well as the Chief Judge of the state on 14th December,
2015.

“We later discovered during our investigations that the Accountant of
the Company where all of them were working, Mr. Segun(+234 8074538021)
and one Mr. M.Shobanke(+234 8033821306) was having an unholy working
relationship with one Mr. Jide Martins who was an Assistant Director
in the DPP.

“We have also discovered that he was the motivating factor behind the
issuance of the DPP advice issued by Olubunmi Fagbayi against those
three innocent Lagossians. This is so because Segun and Sobanke, and
those persons in detention had some issues within themselves over
short payment of their salaries and entitlements in Kazmus Nig.
Enterprises, located at 99 D & E, Odetunde Street, Fagba, Iju, Lagos.

Segun, Sobanke and Martins later moved the case file in the second
day, 12th day of January, 2016 that Justice Lawal-Akapo rejected it
(i.e. 13th Day of January, 2016) to the Court of Justice Kudirat Abike
Jose of Court 37 in the Ikeja Judicial Division.

Meanwhile, on Monday 11th Day of January, 2016 at around 12:07pm one
Mr. Adesola Akeem from the Legislative Directorate Department at
office room (10) in the Lagos State House of Assembly called us
through this Phone Number (+234 8037213609) with the invitation
Letters Dated on 11th January and 8th February, 2016, signed by W.A.
Bisiriyu for the Clerk of the house with reference
Nos:(LSHA/LM/C/O1/14 & LSHA/LM/C/01/16) for a Meeting with Assembly
Members on a CHRSJ Petition Dated on 14th day of December, 2015 on the
subject matter.

The meeting was Chairman by the Honourable Funmilayo Tejuosho as the
then House of Assembly Committee Chairman on Judiciary, Human Rights,
Public Petition and LASIEC Matters including Honourable Olayiwola
Olawale (Knows as Omititi), the House Committee Chairman on Home
Affairs acted as the Secretary General to the meeting on Thursday 14th
day of January & 11th day of February, 2016 at the conference Room,
Members Wing 4th & 5th Floor, Assembly Complex, Alausa, Ikeja by
2.00pm & 3.00pm with another Seven(7) Honourable Members in
attendance.

Again on 28th Day of January, 2016 in the office of Directorate for
Citizens’ Rights, located at the Lagos State Ministry of Justice,
Block (2), Alausa, Ikeja through the another invitation Letter Signed
by C.O.Ibirogba(Mrs.) as Director, Directorate for Citizens’ Rights on
behalf of Honourable Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice
with reference (No:LJ/CR/l/62/415/IV/70), dated on 18th January,2016.

The Series of the meeting by CHRSJ and the family members of the
detainees with State Government were not going well with NSCDC
officials and other perpetrators of the evil in this matter of public
interest, including pathological liar and father of so-called Victim
lady (Mr. Ayodele Ekundayo), who were worked together in the same
company with the said Accountant (Segun) and those illegally arrested
for trump-up charge.

They (Bayo, Segun, Bucky, Ayodele Ekundayo, Andu, jide Martins,
Shobamke, Olubunmi Fagbayi and Rabiu Solomon) quickly made an
arrangement to arranged Doctor from the Mirabel Centre under Lagos
State Teaching Hospital in other to perfect their crime against the
innocents citizens, which the perpetrators forget the last day of all
the living souls and Judgment day in the front of Creator, the Alpha
and Omega, the most Powerful Creator of the living and Non-living
things.

As now, all of them ran away since then and they were not appear in
the court as a witness to their illegal accusation, a case that they
can never substantiate or corroborate in anywhere, even among the
layman, not to talk of competent Court of Law, except, before the
corrupt and questionable Judge against the innocents citizens.

Meanwhile, as we are filling this news story and online Petition, they
are nowhere to be found up till today, even as we are still be
onlooker on the next day of Court adjournment on Tuesday 20th day of
April, 2021 at the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja Judicial Division,
before the same Justice NWAKA of the “SPECIAL OFFENCES COURT”, Ikeja,
in the CASE File of OJO TAIYE & ORS v. ATTORNEY GENERAL of Lagos State
with (SUIT No: ID/721MB/2015 & SUITE No: ID/2439C/2016) in order to
come to defend their concocted case against the innocent detainees at
the Kirikiri maximum prison Yard since 2015.

The CHRSJ, House of Assembly Committee Members and Lagos State
Directorate for Citizens’ Rights action were led to the serious
pleaded of NSCDC Senior Counsel through this Phone Number (+234
8062357806) to beg for pardon for their agency and its
officials,saying what their officers did was Contrary tok
section(98,99,494) of the criminal code, see also section(172,209)
and(5th) schedule, part(1), section(6 & 8), including section
(33,34,35 & 36) of the”FRN”(1999) Constitution as Amended.

The victims were granted bail with the reasonable sureties by the Hon.
Justice .K.A.Jose(MRS) on Monday, the 22nd Day of February, 2016.

The bail that was pronounced and granted to those innocents was not
pleased and went well with Mr. Jide Martins, Mrs. Olubunmi Fagbayi of
the Lagos State(DPP) office and their friends in the NSCDC (Bayo,
Andu, Bucky and Rabiu Solomon),including the former Company
Accountants (Mr. Segun and Shobanke).

An undemocratic, unconstitutional and illegal arrangements was quickly
made with the present Presiding Judge, the Justice Nwaka of the Lagos
State high Court and Justice Nwaka always victimized and deprived the
innocent detainees with the different style of the violation of their
fundamental rights, upon the Victims family members produced, the
different Eight(8) sureties, even till Monday 1st Day of March,
2021,the innocent victims were sent back to Kirikiri Correctional
Centre at Apapa by Justice NWAKA without any cogent reason than acting
on the script of Bayo, Jide Martins, Andu, Ayodele Ekundayo, Bucky,
Rabiu Solomon, Segun, Shobanke and Olubunmi Fagbayi.’

“CHRSJ, as an ‘Amicus Curea’, condemned the travesty of justice and
favouritism, which characterize in the Justice Nwaka’s court in this
case and any other to be dismantle without any delay, “Fiat justitiae
Ruat Column” and Justice Nwaka will never be forgotten like Justice
Olanrewaju Akeredolu (CJ), in the Case of her half-brother
(Mr.Olupelumi Fagboyegun) in Ondo State, for her compromised and
questionable behaviour contravening the law of equity”, the group
concluded.