{"id":10533,"date":"2021-03-19T12:33:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T11:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=10533"},"modified":"2021-03-19T12:33:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T11:33:31","slug":"american-nurse-sues-lagos-police-commissioner-over-unlawful-and-indefinite-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/19\/american-nurse-sues-lagos-police-commissioner-over-unlawful-and-indefinite-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"American nurse sues Lagos police commissioner over \u2018unlawful and indefinite\u2019 detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Kari-Ann R&#8217;ouke, an American nurse has filed a lawsuit against\u00a0the Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Hakeem Odumosu, and the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, Adegoke Fayoade over her \u2018unlawful and indefinite\u2019 detention.<\/p>\n<p>In the lawsuit filed before the federal high court in Lagos through her counsel Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, Kari-Ann revealed that<span style=\"text-transform: initial\">\u00a0she was arrested on February 9 and has been detained indefinitely over the death of her partner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the American nurse <span style=\"text-transform: initial\">is seeking her release from police custody and an award of N100 million as \u201cgeneral, aggravated, special and exceptional damages against the police&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial\">R-ouke 0said she has been detained for more than one month over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/16\/wakili-charged-for-murder-kidnapping-remanded-in-prison\/\">murder<\/a> case without being charged to court for the alleged crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In the court affidavit, Kari-Ann\u00a0disclosed that she met her partner online and came to Nigeria on January 21, 2021\u00a0with the aim of establishing a humanitarian outfit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It read;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #efefef;font-size: 19.8px;text-align: center;text-transform: initial\">\u201cUpon completing her assignment in Nigeria, she departed for the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on February 8, 2021, enroute America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #efefef;font-size: 19.8px;text-align: center;text-transform: initial\">\u201cShe was, however, stopped by the Immigration Department on the ground that her COVID 19 Test result had expired, whereupon she was made to sleep at the airport purportedly for a new COVID 19 test.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #efefef;font-size: 19.8px;text-align: center;text-transform: initial\">\u201cIt was later the following day that she was informed that she was being arrested because her friend had passed on, unknown to her. She has been in police custody ever since.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Her counsel and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Adegboruwa in the lawsuit noted that\u00a0the CCTV footage of the hotel showed clearly that \u201cKari Ann left her friend in the hotel room in good health in the company of his friends and relatives, all of whom were initially arrested but have now been released.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The lady who has allegedly\u00a0been a victim of extortion since her detention, stated that she is entitled to bail and only being\u00a0persecuted because of her status as a foreign citizen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Mr Adegboruwa also\u00a0said the autopsy report showed that the deceased died of cardiac arrest, without any foul play.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He added;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #efefef;font-size: 19.8px;text-align: center;text-transform: initial\">\u201cKari Ann has been a subject of extortion ever since, even though no prima facie case has been established against her. 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