By Jonathan Ugbal A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Simon Amobeda has granted leave for the Nigerian Police to detain legal practitioner, Mr. Joseph Odok for 45 days. The Police had arrested Mr. Odok at his Abuja residence on September 26, 2019 and he has since been detained at
By Jonathan Ugbal An Army Corporal, Awotayo Femi attached to 707 Special Force Brigade in Makurdi, Benue state and six others are said to be cooling their feet in detention now after they allegedly killed a Police Inspector, Christopher Achong in Bekwarra local government area on Friday. Police sources say Mr. Achong was on patrol
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana recently promised to confront the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, over the prolonged detention of a Journalist, Agba Jalingo by the Cross River State Police Command. Falana, who was the guest speaker at the 20th Mike Okonkwo Annual Lecture with the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Barrister James Ibor, Principal Counsel of Basic Rights Counsel and attorney to Citizen Agba Jalingo has responded to the Court order obtained by the Police to further keep his client behind bar. The order which was gotten from the Vacation Court Port Harcourt seeks to keep Agba for 90 days more. The date
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Press Release A Nigerian Cannot Be Charged With Criminal Offence For Criticising A Governor A Nigerian cannot be charged with any criminal offence for criticising a Governor or any other public officer in Nigeria. In Nwankwo v State (1985) NCLR 247, the Court of Appeal held that any public officer who feels
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Press Release Deteriorating Health Condition Of Mr. Agba Jalingo And The Need To Redeploy CP, Austin Agbonlahor. The Association of Cross River Online Journalists – ACROJ, notes with dismay the continuous unlawful detention of the Publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Mr. Agba Jalingo for about eight (8) days now and counting. As the world
By Our Reporter The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) have condemned the arrest and detention of a Nigerian journalist, Agba Jalingo for allegedly criticising the Cross River State Government. Jalingo, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher of CrossRiverWatch, was said to have been whisked away from Lagos by men of the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday and has not been
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Comrade Agba Jalingo, Board of Trustees Chairman, Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) and Publisher of CrossRiverWatch has dragged the Nigerian Police Force, Commissioner of Police Cross River State Command and Tami Evelyn Peterside (DCP SCID) to the Federal High Court over his fundamental human rights. In suit number HC/293/2019 Jalingo