Odinkalu Faults Kaduna State’s Handling of Complaint against Him

A former chairman of the Governing Council of the National Human Rights Commission, Dr Chidi Odinkalu has asked the police to discountenance a purported court order asking them to investigate him for inciting inciting disturbance and furnishing false information.

In a letter to the police written by her counsel, Gloria Mabeiam Ballason, the human rights activist said that he was not served with any court process.

He said that the application for investigation sent to the police was strange because the purported complaint had no suit number.

He said: “There is no case with Suit Number KMD/27DC/2019. Indeed, the Direct Criminal Complaint, the morion exparte, the purported court order do not bear any suit number except the application to the Deputy Commissioner of Police.

He also noted that even though the complaint was said to have been made on March 18th, 2019 he was neither served with the complaint made against him not any of the court processes. Odinkalu said it would be improper and a travesty for the police to be inveigled into an investigation purportedly granted by a court which had no record.

He also noted that the purported court order sent to the police had no shot number

Odinkalu has also filed a preliminary objection challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear the matter.

Kaduna state government had filed a suit against Odinkalu accusing him of inciting disturbance and furnishing false information which is punishable under the state’s penal codes.