A group of lawyers under the aegis of Lawyers in Defense of Democracy are protesting the continued detention of their members by the Department of State Services (DSS).

They have called for the intervention of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

Apart from asking for the release of their members, the group also called on the commission to ensure the disbandment of the Police probe panel into the Rivers State re-run elections killings.

According to the coordinator of the group, Agu Okwukwe, the arrests, detention and the probe panel constituted by the Inspector General of Police are targeted at their members for the role they played in ensuring that votes count during the re-run election in Rivers state.

Meanwhile, the Acting Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Oti Ovrawah, has promised to investigate the allegations. (Channels TV)

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