By Gbenga Sodeinde
An Ado-Ekiti resident, Mrs Olufunke Elizabeth Ogunyemi, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, over alleged unlawful arrest and detention by a team of the IGP Monitoring Unit on the order of a governorship aspirant, Otunba Demola Popoola.
In the four-page petition in which the National Human Rights Commission and the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) were copied, Popoola was accused of unlawful arrest and detention of the victim, usurpation of powers, assuming jurisdiction on matter already before the court of competent jurisdiction, and instigating forceful collection of cheques by men of IGP Monitoring Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
The petition by Barrister L.A Fasanmi of L.A Fasanmi and Co alleged that the governorship aspirants in the recently-concluded primary election in Ekiti State arrested Ogunyemi and subsequently used unlawful power to detain and intimidate her.
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