Nigeria: Edo Police Charge Doctor, Others With Murder, Kidnapping, Defendant Alleges Unfair Prosecution

The medical doctor, who was arrested on 26 January, said he only joined a peaceful protest on 10 January while jogging near the Market Square.

The Edo State Police Command has charged Nwoke Onyebuchi, a 52-year-old medical doctor and senior lecturer at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, alongside four others, with murder, armed robbery, and kidnapping following a protest against rising abductions in the university town.

PREMIUM TIMES obtained on Sunday copies of the charges and court filings in the…