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Lawyer seeks N1b from IG for declaring him wanted
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Lawyer seeks N1b from IG for declaring him wantedA lawyer, Emmanuel Chinyere Orji, has sued the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun for declaring him wanted without a court order.
Orji is asking the court to declare that the IG lacks the statutory power to declare him a wanted person without first obtaining an order from a court of competent jurisdiction.
He stated that declaring the applicant a wanted person makes him a fugitive from the law.
Adekpe added: “Any person who knows about the fact of the applicant being declared wanted has a right to arrest him.
“The respondent has not followed the provisions of the law with regard to declaring persons wanted.