More than 40 traditional worshipers weaken in Anambra detention without trial for 60 days at the command of Governor Soludo report

The report, signed by the chief researcher and head of Intersociety, Emeka Umeabbalasi, said that the detained individuals in an illegal detention facility, known as the Lion House House of the State Militias, in AWKA, the capital of the state. A new report from the International Society for Civil Liberties and Remas of Law (Intersociety) has accused Governor Chukwuma Soludo-led Anambra State Government of continuing more than two months without trial more than 40 traditional worshipers. The report, signed by the chief researcher and head of Intersociety, Emeka Umeabbalasi, said that the detained individuals in an illegal detention facility, known as the Lion House House of the State Militias, in AWKA, the capital of the state. The Human Rights Organization has criticized the Governor’s Governor Soludo for failing to achieve the constitutional rights and the legal processes. The organization said: ‘Governor Charles Soludo and his government, after failing a Lakmust test to be responsible, human rights and freedom of religion or worship, lost legal and moral grounds to continue without investigation, charge and trial of the more than 40 detained worshipers who were held illegal for more than 60 days). The Intersociety report emphasized that the long -term detention of traditional worshipers far exceeded the constitutional boundaries from 24 to 48 hours, or a maximum of 60 days if kept by law enforcement for offenses that carry the death penalty. It argued that the governor does not have the legal authority to keep individuals in the supervisory facilities of militia through ‘government orders’ or ‘Holden charges’. According to Intersociety, the detained individuals were mistakenly accused of practicing “fetish and demonic religious practices and violent crimes”, thus subjecting them to public humiliation and danger. The report insisted that the arrested individuals, including significant figures such as Chigozie Nwangwu (“Akwa Okuko Tiwara Aki”), Abuchi Ikukwu Okafor, and Chijindu Nwaeze should be released as there is no valid legal case against them. “After the failure of the Gov Charles Soludo, the government of the Anambra state led to ensure the right process and supremacy in the immediate case; and controversial marked, lamped, ridiculed, humiliated, humiliated, humiliated, humiliated, humiliated, humiliated by ‘fetish and demonic religious practices and violent crimes’. have no matter to answer as it stands, and in the eyes of existing criminal laws and their procedures controlled by Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution. Soludo’s report on the imposition of a ban on open gospel preaching in the state. Intersociety recalled that Governor Soludo announced during a visit to the Ochanja market in Onitsha in March that individuals involved in open-air evangelism were arrested and a fine of N500,000. Intersociety compares this action with the draconian state custody of persons’ decision 2 of 1984, which was issued during the military rule of Nigeria, which enabled indefinite detention without trial. The organization said: “Governor Charles Soludo also prohibited and arrested an open gospel preaching in the state on March 8, 2025, and a fine of N500,000 on those who were doing it.” The government made the ban during its recent visit to Ochanja market in Onitsha. “This above is also nothing less than a clear manifestation of the dictatorial and tyrannical state of persons of persons who have 2 of 1984 of the Nigerian army’s ominous era.” The organization has called on the immediate and unconditional release of the detained traditional worshipers, who have called on legal representatives and civil rights groups to intervene. It further criticized the Governor Soludo for what it described as a pattern of authoritarian management, including restrictions on religious practices. When pressure on the Anambra State Government, advocates for human rights still demand justice and compliance with constitutional provisions regarding the proper process and freedom of worship.