A human rights group, Save the Poor and Needy Charity Initiative (SPANCI), has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to secure the immediate release of Mr. Adetunji Muritala Raji, a 38-year-old man allegedly detained unlawfully by the Nigeria Police Force.
Raji was reportedly arrested in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, and transferred to Zone 5 in Edo State on November 18, 2025.
SPANCI made the demand in a petition signed by its President, Conrad Yemi Ezekiel Bello.
It appealed to the IGP to set up a panel to unravel the circumstances surrounding the matter.
Parts of the petition read, “That our client was moved to Zone 5 Edo State on Tuesday 18,11, 2025 and still there as Wednesday 19,11, 2025.
“That he has been coerced and will still be coerced to make implicating statement or undertaking in favor of Miss Nafisat who lives in London but information said will be around tomorrow to make her demand before any further actions be taken on our client.
“That the inspector general of police has warned the police against violating the fundamental rights of the citizens and assuming jurisdiction on civil matter of such nature.
“That the police is not a debt redeeming or money recovery agency but only for crime and to maintain law and other.
“Serious investigation on this matter and anyone found guilty be made to face the law.
“That our client be released immediately having stayed many days in such unlawful detention. That justice be done and seen done on the matter.”