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.
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