Chidi Lloyd slapped,cuffed, lindfolded & takento unknown location,lawyer claims

Emenike Ebete, counsel to Rivers State
Lawmaker, Chidi Lloyd, says he fears for his
client’s life based on claims that the police have
hidden him in an unknown location.
Ebete told Nigerian Telegraph that he wants the
public to be watchful so that what happened in
the case of the late Moshood Kashimawo Abiola
did not repeat itself.
“In Abuja, they told us they were
transporting him to Port Harcourt to charge
him for conspiracy and didn’t say more
than that. When we got to Port Harcourt,
there were more than five hundred
policemen waiting to escort him to the
command office. From there, he was moved
to the Police officers’ mess and handcuffed
like a common criminal. Now I do not know
where he is,” Ebete said.
Eyewitnesses claim that Lloyd was blindfolded
and handcuffed as he arrived at the Rivers State
Police Command on Friday.
Meanwhile, the application by Lloyd’s legal
representative, Belu-Olisa Mofor, praying the
court to grant his client bail has been stalled
with the Judge, Justice Esor Teetito adjourning
further hearing on the application till August 6,
2013.
Lloyd has been detained by the Force
Headquarters of the Nigeria Police since he
reported in on Tuesday, and was brought to Port
Harcourt, where he is expected to be taken to
court.
The leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly
was part of a fracas in the Rivers State House of
Assembly on July 9. He was seen in a video,
chasing a fellow law maker, Michael Chinda and
assaulting him with the mace of the house.
Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Police
Command, Angela Agabe declined to comment
on the matter saying she could not speak unless
directed by those in higher authority.
Source, lindaikeji