He was asked to wear gloves and search for narcotics in his own excreta. That is quite unacceptable. We are going to sue for damages.

Kilode?!:

As a country, the manner in which we treat our own people says a lot about our societal values.

No respect for human dignity. That is the thread running through most of these cases with Nigerian security services.

Absolutely no respect or regard for the humanity we all share.

I Was Set Up - Baba Suwe

texazzpete:

Pity that he probably won't win if he takes NDLEA to court.
Detaining him was Standard Operating Procedure for the agency as soon as potential drugs were spotted in his innards by the scan. Also remember that the NDLEA obtained permission from a competent court to hold him for 15 days to properly inspect him.

As long as there is no evidence of mistreatment, NDLEA was legally empowered to hold him and thus cannot lose such a lawsuit.

texazzpete:

Pity that he probably won't win if he takes NDLEA to court.
Detaining him was Standard Operating Procedure for the agency[b] as soon as potential drugs were spotted in his innards by the scan[/b]. Also remember that the NDLEA obtained permission from a competent court to hold him for 15 days to properly inspect him.

As long as there is no evidence of mistreatment, NDLEA was legally empowered to hold him and thus cannot lose such a lawsuit.

texazzpete:

Pity that he probably won't win if he takes NDLEA to court.
Detaining him was Standard Operating Procedure for the agency as soon as potential drugs were spotted in his innards by the scan. Also remember that the NDLEA obtained permission from a competent court to hold him for 15 days to properly inspect him.

As long as there is no evidence of mistreatment, NDLEA was legally empowered to hold him and thus cannot lose such a lawsuit.

aribisala0:

do you know this to be a fact.? or conjecture.
the machine is capable of taking a still picture which should be produced in court as the basis of their actions. if a scan spotted drugs there must be a hard image either on computer or celluloid. whether the standard operating procedure is  lawful is more  cogent that its "standardness".
our law is clear charge to court after 48 hours .THAT DID NOT HAPPEN he was arrested on 15 october and they got a detention order on the 20/21
the NDLEA obtained permission AFTER he had already been in detention for several days MORE than what is permitted by law about a week .
even that detention order is likely to be ruled unlawful(NOT NDLEA's problem i agree) as our laws do not allow for detention without charge. he must be charged and then remanded.

aribisala0:

do you know this to be a fact.? or conjecture.
the machine is capable of taking a still picture which should be produced in court as the basis of their actions. if a scan spotted drugs there must be a hard image either on computer or celluloid. whether the standard operating procedure is  lawful is more  cogent that its "standardness".
our law is clear charge to court after 48 hours .THAT DID NOT HAPPEN he was arrested on 15 october and they got a detention order on the 20/21
the NDLEA obtained permission AFTER he had already been in detention for several days MORE than what is permitted by law about a week .
even that detention order is likely to be ruled unlawful(NOT NDLEA's problem i agree) as our laws do not allow for detention without charge. he must be charged and then remanded.

BCuZiMBlaCk:

i dont understand u. Who is to be arrested and remanded?

texazzpete:

Please remember I used the word 'potential'. Do you have problems understanding written English?

The NDLEA has said in numerous press statements that scans detected objects that looked suspiciously like ingested drugs. Why are you asking me about 'facts or conjecture'?

Secondly, the 'charge to court after 48 hours' comes into play after the suspect has excreted drugs. Until the drugs are found, you cannot charge someone to court and of course even you should realize it will be foolhardy to release a potential drug courier just because he failed to excrete in 48 hours. Heck, many people here can easily go 3 days without taking a dump.

texazzpete:

As long as there is no evidence of mistreatment, NDLEA was legally empowered to hold him and thus cannot lose such a lawsuit.

aribisala0:

you made so many categorical statements and i took particular issue with your claim thatasking whether you knew this for a fact or conjecture and that is what i addressed. i do not believe they were legally empowered to detain him for the entire period 20 days
i think i have expressed my opinion clearly on that. i don't agree with you but i don't believe i was being discourteous about it. quite why you you feel slighted enough to ask me about English is a mystery. anyway i am not an englishman but i do get by in english. my yoruba is much better though.
do you happen to be an Englishman by any chance??


charge to court does not come after excretion.

did they not go to court in the end to get an order on the 20th
they should have done so 3 days earlier. those 3 days were a period of unlawful detention.
did they not get an expert report and CT scan from LASUTH.
all of that should be done within 48 hours .

that is the basis on which BABA SUWE will win any case for unlawful detention. i will not comment on mistreatment

the scan photo is evidence that should have been presented in court as the basis for further detention pending excretion,
if you present a scan photo then a judge can give an order that he be remanded to prison,prison hospital or any other hospital under a "PRISON REGIME" ie as if he is in prison which can mean LUTH etc under prison guard etc
that is the meaning of due process NOT
we will keep you until whenever you poo drugs
the truth is the NDLEA should be able to get a scan photo within minutes,interview him under caution and decide how to proceed
they should have a radiologist and lawyer either on permanent employment or available at very short notice
within 48hours you can put together a prima facie case that will convince a judge to issue a remand order. they bungled and that is the truth
with those kinds of procedures even where actual drugs are found they may not get a conviction because of their failure to follow due process. e.g. giving access to a lawyer or failing to caution him

olalkn:

Wake up Nigerian, we attached to much sentiment to issues in this country.
There are thousands of people traveling out Nigeria on daily basis via same route, So why on earth
was he picked, Lets call a spade and spade, This guy was caught with drugs in his tummy
and arrested,the detail was a history,  a money bag and influential Lagosian  intervene and all of a sudden table turn.If you are fooled,i am not, there cant be a smoke without fire.
He should just thank his luck that he was not caught in one those Asian country otherwise he dead meat.
He should be ashamed of himself and admit he did wrong, oponu akindanidani,alaini ironu ara samaria,