CLO Petitions Yar'Adua - Daily Champion

Kalu Okwara
Lagos

CIVIL Liberties Organisation (CLO) has called on President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to investigate the conducts of the commander, NNS, Western Naval Command Headquarters, Apapa and the Commanding Officer, NNS Western Navy Command Base, Apapa, even as it reiterated its call for immediate release of Commodore Allen Benson Edema and 10 others.

It will be recalled that, following the arrest, torture and subsequent detention of Commodore Edema of the Navy Merchant and other 10 of his personnel, on November 24, 2007, the CLO in a statement called for their release, condemning the brutality meted out to those 11 personnel by the Navy.

However, the Director of Naval Information, Captain Henry Babalola in his reaction said Edema was detained for "impersonation, abuse of naval uniform and molestation of innocent members of the public."

But addressing the press yesterday, Head, Annual and Periodic Reports, Mr. Okechukwu Nwanguma, insisted that the alleged offences were within the jurisdiction of the police and were bailable. Full Story