By VINCENT ujumadu
AWKA—A SEVEN – MONTH old baby boy, Uchenna Nwoye, his parents and two
others were allegedly arrested and detained by the police in Onitsha
over N20 000 debt owed by the parents.
They were arrested at Ifitedunu in Dunukofia local government area of
Anambra State by policemen from Fegge Police Stattion, Onitsha, for
failure to pay the N20,000 to a woman Uchenna’s father allegedly did
business
with.
Narrating the incident to newsmen, yesterday, in Onitsha, mother of
the boy, 23-year-old Mrs. Ukamaka Nwoye, said they were whisked away by
the policemen without any reason, adding that they were fast asleep
when heavily armed policemen numbering over 20 forced open their door
and arrested all the occupants, including the 7-months-old boy.
She said: “On November 7, at about 2.30am, we were all asleep when
suddenly, some policemen came into our compound and forced their way
into our house and arrested us, including my 7-month-old baby.They took
us to their bus and whisked us away to a place we later found out was
Fegge Police Station, Onitsha.
“They denied us the opportunity to call any of our relations. It was
one of the policemen who saw how my child was almost suffocating inside
the cell that secretly helped me to call one of my brothers and I told
him where we were being detained. We spent over seven days in
detention.”
CULLED: VANGUARD
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