Police detain Deji Adeyanju for murder 4 years after acquittal

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The police have detained an activist and Convener, Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, for homicide for which he was reportedly acquitted by Justice Mohammed Haliru of the Kano High Court in 2014.

Adeyanju’s lawyer, Tolu Babaleye, said his client had been incarcerated for six days by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command.

Babaleye explained in a statement in Abuja on Monday that the activist was detained when he visited the FCT Police Command headquarters to retrieve his mobile telephone, which was confiscated after he led a rally against the police role in the political crisis that rocked the Akwa Ibom State last month.
According to him, despite denying the allegation and providing the Certified True Copy of the judgment, which acquitted and discharged him of the murder charge, the police refused to let him go.

Babaleye queried the rationale for the detention of his client, noting that the police had restricted access to Adeyanju since he was clamped into the cell last week Thursday.

He called on Nigerians to prevail on the police to respect the law of the land and release Adeyanju, whom he described as the voice of the downtrodden.However, the Force Public Relations Officer, acting DCP Moshood Jimoh, did not respond to calls and SMS sent to his mobile telephone line.