Ihensekhien said, “The action by the AGF was what culminated into our filing of this case, where the court, today, being August 18, 2022, in an interim ruling, ordered and granted two reliefs. Miss Okolie was arrested on June 17, 2021, the day she sat for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exam in Owerri. She was accused of spying for her boyfriend who is a suspected member of the Indigenous People of Biafra. Following her release, Okolie filed a fundamental rights enforcement case against the police which was supported by more than 51 civil society groups. Her legal counsel, Ihensekhien, however, thanked the FCT High Court for granting the order, while appreciating The PUNCH Newspapers, SaharaReporters, One Love Foundation and Civil Society Organisations involved in the case.

Source: Punch August 19, 2022 03:35 UTC