Group kicks over seven-year-old boy’s detention

A civil society organisation, Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has petitioned the acting Inspector-General of Police (IG), Ibrahim Idris, over the detention of a seven-year-old boy, Chibuike Oramalu.

 Chibuike, according to the group, is as a primary 2 pupil of Carmelite Nursery and Primary School, Nike Avenue, GRA, Enugu State.
The petition, signed by the President of CRRAN, Olu Omotayo Esq, insisted that Chibuike had been in the custody of police at the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Enugu, since May 30. Mrs. Nwakaego Oramalu, the victim’s mother, is a single mother of five children.
According to her, Chibuike was arrested at their residence, No. 5/7, Robito Crescent, Independence Layout, behind Government House, Enugu. Oramalu, who works as a cleaner and house keeper at No. 5/7, Robito Crescent, was employed by the owner of the property, Mr. Edwin Oforma, who also gave her and her children accommodation on the property.
Efforts to reach the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Enere Amaraizu, for reactions proved abortive as his phone lines were not available.
The petition reads in part: “On May 29, 2016, while Mrs. Oramalu was away to Adoration Ministries for a church service, the son of her employer, Chukwunanu Oforma, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member asked Chibuike and his 10-year-old elder brother, Ifeanyichukwu Oramalu, to clean and tidy up his fathers’ room. “Ifeanyichukwu was sweeping, while Chibuike was laid on the bed. Chibuike saw a gun near the bed and carried it; he showed the gun to Ifeanyichukwu, who asked him to return the gun.”https://newtelegraphonline.com/group-kicks-seven-year-old-boys-detention/