ILLEGAL DETENTION OF COMMRADE ABDULAHI EBILOME THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN STUDENTS BY MEN AND OFFICERS OF THE NIGERIAN POLICE COMMAND ASOKORO CLAIMING TO BE ACTING ON THE ORDER OF THE ACP OPERATIONS   The current President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, COMMRADE ABBULAHI EBILOME is currently being detained at the Nigeria Police Command Asokoro. We gathered that Comrade Ebilome was at the bank on the 9th day of July, 2009 when some unscrupulous members of the association attempted to kidnap him. The Bank Manager had to intervene to save the ugly situation. Ebilome thereupon alerted the Police headed by one Inspector Momoh who took both Ebilome and the factional leader to the Police Station Asokoro. We learnt that after both Ebilome and the factional leader had written their statements, the Asokoro Police Command detained Comrade Ebilome whereas the other factional leader was allowed to go scot free. Our Alexander Oketa, Esq approached the Police Station Asokoro on the 11th day of July 2009 to ask for his bail but was told by the D.C.O at the Station that Comrade Ebilome was being detained on the order of the A.C.P Operations and that there is no Investigating Police Officer (I.P.O). He added that they were not investigating Comrade Ebilome but were only acting on an instruction from the A.C.P Operations. When asked of the phone no. of the A.C.P Operations who purportedly ordered for Ebilome detention, the D.C.O denied having his number.  Inspector Momoh who brought Comrade Abudulahi Ebilome and the leader of the factional group to the Police Station however denied that the A.C.P Operations ordered for Comrade Ebilome’s detention. The Divisional Police Officer in-charge of Asokoro Police Station Mr. Ahmed Musa when contacted denied any knowledge of Comrade Ebilome’s illegal detention. Comrade Abdulahi Ebilome who is the Complainant is still in detention at Asokoro Police Station under a serious inhuman and deteriorating condition with nobody to address the ugly situation on ground. He simply ran from “frying pan” to “furnace” (i.e from the hands of the lawless factional group to the hands of zealot and unscrupulous police officers). We are indeed perplexed that this is happening in the heart of a country where the clamour for the rule of law has become a national anthem. We are however determined to take cogent legal steps to get redress for and on behalf of Comrade Abdulahi Ebilome.   For: Festus Keyamo Chambers ALEXANDER OKETA, ESQ   OGHENOVO O. OTEMU, ESQ.