4 Ikorodu robbery suspects drag IG to court

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(Nigeria) The four suspects paraded in connection with the recent bank robbery in Ikorodu, Lagos State, have dragged the Inspector General of Police before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, complaining that the alleged confessional statements given out to journalists, was extracted from them without the presence of their lawyer.
The suspects - Agbojule Bright, Promise Abiwa, Monday Omoboye and Monday Ikuesan, were on July 6, 2015,  paraded by the police in connection with the robbery of the Ipakodo branches of First Bank and Zenith Bank in Ikorodu, where an 18-man gang, which they allegedly belonged to, made away with about N80m on June 24, 2015.
The suspects had confessed to playing different roles in the robbery while three Sport Utility Vehicles allegedly bought from the proceeds of the robbery were recovered from them.
In their fundamental rights enforcement suit filed before Justice Mohammed Yunusa, counsel lawyer, Akanbi, claimed that the police violated the right of the suspects to remain silent or to avoid answering any questions until after consultation with a legal practitioner or any person of their choice as stipulated by Section 35(2) of the 1999 Constitution.
Akanbi in the suit said that the suspects “made confessional statements to the members of the press out of duress,” arguing that the police had no right to parade the suspects to be interviewed by the press “unless such a suspect wishes to give interview after the matter has been charged to a court of competent jurisdiction.”
According to him, the suspects might not be able to get fair trial in court since they have “already suffered prejudice in the eye of the public due to unfair publicity and unprofessional acts of the defendants.”
He claimed that the police had neither allowed him nor the family members of the suspects to see them since their arrest, adding “The applicants’ counsel were not allowed to see the applicants even to have a brief interview with they visited the defendants on July 15, 2015.

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