Human rights lawyer and public affairs analyst, Abdul Mahmud has said he will not be intimidated by the Nigerian Police.
Mahmud was invited by the police hours after he publicly endorsed the candidacy of Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party Presidential Candidate for the 2023 general election.
The invitation letter by the police, however, did not contain the accusations against Mr Mahmud as stipulated by the law.
The human rights lawyer in a terse statement titled ‘The police have come for the Great Oracle’, said he will push for the rights of the citizens to know the accusations against them.
According to him, it’s a right guaranteed by the 1999 constitution, while demanding that the police do the right thing.
The statement reads in full: “He’ll use the invitation letter to push for the rights of citizens to know their accusers and the specific details of accusations against them, including the right to be served petitions, for their lawyers to prepare an adequate defence.
“It is a right guaranteed by the Constitution 1999 and the Great Oracle will not be intimidated. He has asked the police to do the lawful thing, otherwise, he won’t honour its invitation”
