The Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Owerri in Imo state, have been accused of arresting, and detaining a 21 year old Jambite, Glory Okolie, and turning her into a cook for over a month.
This is according to an open letter signed by a Human Right Activist, and founder, ‘Behind Bars Family’ Harrison Gwamnishu and addressed to the Nigeria Police Force Complaint Response Unit (CRU), Nigeria Police Force Prince Adedigba Adeyinka Daniel Adeyanju.
According to the letter, Glory Okolie who enrolled for 2021 JAMB exam has been in police detention since June 17, 2021.
She reportedly left the house and never returned, while her families searched for her in hospitals and mortuaries to no avail.
“Ending of June, 2021, a young man who was freed from IRT office Tiger Base Owerri told the Okolie family that he saw Glory in the custody of IRT officers cooking and washing clothes for them.
The family immediately went to IRT office and requested to see Glory and bail her out and till date it’s been one story or the other.”
The IRT officers allegedly continued to extort the family and denied them access to see Glory.
Our team launched investigation and discovered Glory has been transferred to Abuja and tagged IPOB/ESN member.
Behind Bars Human Rights Foundation wishes to draw the attention of IGP Complaint Response Unit Abuja and the new IRT head DCP Tunji Disu to rescue Glory who has now become a maid in Nigeria police custody.
Attached are evidences of all the money extorted and paid into an account provided by the IRT officers by the family of Glory” the letter read in part.
