Baba Suwe’s lawyer calls for removal of NDLEA chief.
A Lagos-based lawyer, Bamidel Aturu, has called for the removal of the Head of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Femi Ajayi, for wrongly accusing his client.
Aturu told newsmen in Lagos that the Agency failed in its duty to prove that his client, Babatunde Omidina and popularly called Baba Suwe, was guilty of any offence.
According to him, Ajayi needs nobody to tell him to go before he leaves as If it is in other climes, the person will resign.
Omidina was detained by the Agency on October twelve after an arrest at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja in Lagos.
This was on the suspicion that the actor had ingested substances suspected to be
hard drugs.
The agency however failed to establish a case against him after it failed to find any drug on him, leading to a court ordering his immediate release on Nov. 11.
Aturu observed that the Agency’s machines may either be obsolete, or the agency may be under-funded or not having good hands to conduct drug-related tests.
He said he would use Omidina’s case as a deterrent for the Agency for the wrongs done to people.
The Nollywood actor had made his first public appearance with his lawyer at the news briefing, after being in the Agency custody for twenty four days without excreting any drug.
Aturu said it was apparent that the agency acted on a tip-off and had already made up its mind to arrest Omidina immediately they saw him at the airport.
He described Omidina’s arrest as highly dehumanising, saying he was treated as a common criminal.
The lawyer said his client would soon institute a suit against the Agency for the ill-treatment and for conducting several medical tests without his consent.
Speaking at the briefing, Omidina told newsmen that he had never been caught, tried or imprisoned for drug trafficking anywhere in the world.
Omidina said his legs were chained despite his protests that he had not ingested any hard drugs.
A Lagos-based lawyer, Bamidel Aturu, has called for the removal of the Head of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Femi Ajayi, for wrongly accusing his client.
Aturu told newsmen in Lagos that the Agency failed in its duty to prove that his client, Babatunde Omidina and popularly called Baba Suwe, was guilty of any offence.
According to him, Ajayi needs nobody to tell him to go before he leaves as If it is in other climes, the person will resign.
Omidina was detained by the Agency on October twelve after an arrest at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja in Lagos.
This was on the suspicion that the actor had ingested substances suspected to be
hard drugs.
The agency however failed to establish a case against him after it failed to find any drug on him, leading to a court ordering his immediate release on Nov. 11.
Aturu observed that the Agency’s machines may either be obsolete, or the agency may be under-funded or not having good hands to conduct drug-related tests.
He said he would use Omidina’s case as a deterrent for the Agency for the wrongs done to people.
The Nollywood actor had made his first public appearance with his lawyer at the news briefing, after being in the Agency custody for twenty four days without excreting any drug.
Aturu said it was apparent that the agency acted on a tip-off and had already made up its mind to arrest Omidina immediately they saw him at the airport.
He described Omidina’s arrest as highly dehumanising, saying he was treated as a common criminal.
The lawyer said his client would soon institute a suit against the Agency for the ill-treatment and for conducting several medical tests without his consent.
Speaking at the briefing, Omidina told newsmen that he had never been caught, tried or imprisoned for drug trafficking anywhere in the world.
Omidina said his legs were chained despite his protests that he had not ingested any hard drugs.
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