Omoyele Sowore, the Nigerian hum
activist, has again questioned the
Police over the continued arrest, d
and mistreatment of 21-year-old Gl
Okolie, who has been illegally deta
about 70 days.
Glory was arrested by the Intellige
Response Team (IRT) of the police
State on June 17, the same day she
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Sowore and a group, Behind Bars
Rights Foundation, have noted that
of the IRT subsequently turned Glo
maid in their custody, washing and
for them.
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His Sister, Sharon Adeleke
A belated statement released by th
on Sunday, August 22, through the
Force Public Relations Officer, CSP
Adeniran, accused Glory of “compl
the series of deliberate and well-co
attacks on security formations, oth
national infrastructure including I
offices and killing of security oper
the South-Eastern part of the count
It continued,
“The suspect, a nativ
Umutanza in Imo State, was arrest
following ongoing investigations a
implementation of special operatio
Operation Restore Peace, to among
things, break the information, dru
arms supply chain to the outlawed
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
armed wing, the Eastern Security
in the South-East region.
“Police investigations revealed that
Okolie is a member of the Indigeno
People of Biafra (IPOB)/Eastern Se
Network (ESN) in Imo State who w
closely with one Benjamin Uzoma
a.k.a Onye Army, one of the ESN
commanders earlier declared want
Police for his lead roles in plannin
coordinating and executing the att
the Imo State Police Command
Headquarters and Imo State Headq
of the Nigerian Correctional Servic
“Her arrest and the revelations fro
confession assisted the Police in th
of Onye Army, a major breakthrou
quest to restoring law and order in
South-East region.”
Sowore, however, said on Sunday i
“obvious that this belated press sta
was designed as a ruse to cover up
police atrocities!”
He noted that if Glory was as dang
the police had claimed, “why was
detained and used as a beast of bu
cook and help police officers wash
clothes at Tiger Base in Owerri, Im
He said, “FreeGloryOkolie: After us
Okolie as beast of burden, abused
Nigeria Police Force officers and u
detained for over 70 days, and upo
realising that the world has taken
her unlawful detention and abuse
officers, the IGP of Police caused th
‘earthshaking’ press release to be i
demonise Glory Okolie. The first fe
questions to the IGP are these:
“Why was she detained and used a
of burden to cook and help police
wash their clothes at Tiger Base in
Imo if she is so dangerous?
“Why not issue this release since h
70 days ago?
“Why wasn’t she charged to court
arrest when the law says you have
to detain beyond 48 hours?
“Why was the fellow who exposed
unlawful detention also detained?”