An Ogun State-based widower, Suraju Asimiyu, has been released from Police detention in Abuja after spending about 80 days without a charge against him.
Asimiyu’s travails began in April this year following the death of his wife and mother of two in Ogun State due to ill-health and the subsequent accusation against him by a pro-women rights group that he killed the deceased.
However, respite came his way when an Abuja-based law firm, Law Corridor, took up his matter and approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to enforce his fundamental human rights, a development that culminated in his release from Police detention after approximately 80 days.
This was disclosed by a lead partner in the law firm, Barrister Pelumi Olajengbesi Esq., who took to his Facebook page on Thursday night to reveal Asimiyu’s plight.
Olajengbesi wrote: “We are relieved to have secured the release of Mr. Surajo Asimiyu, known as Baba Ibeji, an indigent Nigerian who was detained by the Nigerian Police for approximately eighty days without a single charge against him filed before any court.
“Surajo, man with a humble means from Ogun State and father of twin toddlers, was arrested on April 20, 2024, by the Nigeria Police Force. He was initially held for ten agonizing days at Ifo Police Station in Ogun State before being transferred to Abuja. There, he remained confined in a police cell without any formal action taken against him, despite allegations of murdering his own wife.
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