There are reports that 102 residents of Oyigbo, Local Government Area, Rivers State, that were arrested when the Army raided the area in November, last year have regained freedom.
Online news platform Saharareporters confirmed this Today.
It alleged that the detainees were taken to Suleja in Niger State and detained at a Commando base in the area.
It said a civil group, International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, had alleged that the families and lawyers of most of the victims had “not been allowed to see them till date, and neither have they been charged to court nor given a fair trial and fair hearing.”
“The 112 mostly Igbo civilian residents of Obigbo residency have for almost nine months remained in the Nigerian Army’s Alpha Military Commando Base located along Bida-Suleja Road, Bida in Niger State. They have also been held secretly without administrative or court bail,” it said.
