The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA has lambasted Philip Ejiogu, a member of the Imo State House of Assembly for allegedly detaining three brothers in his house for three days over alleged breakdown of commercial transaction between the lawmaker and a rice supplier who had contracted the three truck delivery operators to deliver the products at his home in Owerri.
The rights advocacy group in a statement listed those who were “illegally detained” by the legislator in his Owerri house as Anayo Nwosu, Ifeanyi Nwosu and Ekene Nwosu, saying the Principal Staff Secretary to the Anambra State governor, Willie Nwokoye called its attention to the alleged breach of human rights after the Imo State House of Assembly member had failed to release the boys after high profile interventions for the release of the boys has proved abortive.
In a media Statement, HURIWA confirmed speaking to someone believed to be the alleged violator who confirmed that the three boys mentioned have been with him for days noting that “he denied detaining them but stated that he just wanted to use them as a bait to get to the direct rice supplier whom the lawmaker accused of breaching the commercial agreement to brand the hundreds of bags of rice he had paid for.
