ONE of the actors in the political drama ongoing in Rivers State, Assemblyman Chidi Lloyd said on Friday
that law enforcement brought him to court blindfolded.
The lawmaker made the claim through his counsel, Mr. Bello Oliseh Nwafor, who now says he is worried over the safety of his client because of the way the police treated him.
According to Mr. Nwafor, Mr. Lloyd was blindfolded and transported in a police truck popularly known as ‘Black Maria’ from the Port Harcourt International Airport.
“Because of my client’s information to me that he was detained at the Force Headquarters above the one-day that was allowed, Chidi Lloyd was flown into Port Harcourt yesterday, and instead of bringing him to court to defend himself, we found, he was blindfolded and we don’t know what is happening to him.”
“There is genuine fear for his life,” he said.
“If the Police have nothing to hide, they would have brought Chidi Lloyd to court this morning. He is still not brought to court till about 5pm. Even an armed robber is brought to court in a Black Maria, so why won’t he (Chidi) be brought to court. If he is brought to court, then, we will know that he is alive.
“The Chief Justice of the Federation has made rules that we are following at the Federal High Court and the High Court and both have concurrent jurisdiction to hear fundamental rights application” Nwafor said.
Emenike Ebete, another of the lawmaker’s lawyers, said it was sad that the Police was yet to arraign the lawmaker twenty four hours after he went to the Force Headquarters, Abuja .
“We arrived Port Harcourt at 8.45am this morning and over 500 policemen escorted Chidi Lloyd from the Port Harcourt Airport to the office of the Commissioner of Police. He was blindfolded when he alighted from the Black Maria as if he was a common criminal. He walked into the CP’s office and spent about three minutes. After that, we don’t know his where about.”