Despite Court Order, Police Storm Property, Harass, Intimidate Occupants

Despite a court order of a High Court of Justice of the Federal Capital Territory, Policemen stormed a property located at No. 3, Lokoja street, Area 8 of Abuja, where occupants were harassed and intimidated.

According to the policemen who stormed the property, they were acting on the order of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 7, Bennett , seeking the arrest of one Daramola Olutoye, the property agent.

As at the time of filing this report, residents are living in fear. According to them, one Assistant Superintendent of Police led the operation and since the operation was carried out, there has been presence of security agents around the property on surveillance.

According to them, they were on a mission to effect the arrest of one Daramola Olutoye, despite a court order reatraning them.

Olutoye had in a suit marked: FCT/HC/M/532/2024 accused the police of intimidation and harassment despite a subsisting court order.

He listed Assistant Inspector General Of Police, Zone 7, Abuja, CSP Danjuma Ibrahim, ASP Noah Abah ( Investigating Police Officer ) HRH. Ezeogo Elder Agom Eze and Samuel Ogbu Eze as 1st to 5th defendants in the matter.

In the affidavit is support of the Exparte motion for the enforcement of his fundamental human rights dated, November 4, 2024, Olutoye narrated how the police has harassed, intimidated and even extorted N100, 000 from him.

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He said the police went to the extent of
Police tracking him to Etiki state, calling his children and his family members on the phone.

According to his Counsel, Mr Pius Attah, there were fears that he may have been arrest because he has remain incomminicado.

As at the time of filing this report, Attah saidsaid, “It’s like the man has now been abducted by the police because nobody can reach him again”.

He approached the court to seek protection. After the motion was heard, the court ordered the police to stay action until the main suit is heard and determined by the court.

Justice Kayode Agunloye of the court sitting in Kwali, Abuja, had on November 25, 2024 ordered, “After listening to Mr. Puis Attah, Counsel to the Applicant move Motion No. M/532/2024, I came to the only reasonable and legal conclusion that the application is overwhelmingly meritorious.

“It is hereby orderd as follows: An order of interim injunction restraining the Respondents, their agents, privies, representatives or any other person deriving his authority from them, from taking any further action(s) towards arresting, detaining, evicting, harassing or any way howsoever described in tempering with the liberty of the Applicant pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice.”