An Area Court sitting in Bwari, today, denied bail to 3 boys arraigned before it by the police. As at the time of writing, we are yet to get the Charge Sheet, to know the exact offense(s), they were accused of.
According to Blessing, the sister of one of the suspects, who spoke to us on phone, his brother Joshua Donatus, his friend Kenneth Isah and one other of his friend, were picked up by the police at Bwari Junction on Thursday. There phones were searched and nothing was found incriminating in them.
She further said the police were soliciting bribe, asked his brother and friends, to bring their big phones, they used to do yahoo-yahoo. The boys maintained their innocence.
Some passerby, recorded this police extortion and posted it online.
This generated comments and abuses on the police, with call on them to release the trio.
Angered by this exposure, the police detained them and insisted that they will not be released unless those who posted their ordeal online pulled it down and the 3 tender apology to the police and also pay N5000 each to secure their bail from Bwari Divisional Police Station.
The boys maintaining their innocence, refused to bulge, the police detained them and arraigned them today at Area Court Bwari.
After arraignment, the Alkali denied them bail, ordered that they be remanded in Kuje Correctional Center until 21 day of February, for hearing.
Blessing and her aged mother, are crying for help from well meaning Nigerians, NBA Bwari and the Inspector General of Police, to come to the aid of these innocent boys languishing in Kuje. She fears that they may interact with criminals and come out physiological damaged.
