Wilson Chibuzor Lucky, the Rivers State Deputy Coordinator of the Take It Back Movement (TIB), has raised the alarm over an alleged attempt by the police to arrest him following his intervention in the alleged assault and detention of teenage boys by members of the ONELGA Security Planning and Advisory Committee (OSPAC).
Lucky alleged that operatives believed to be from the State Criminal Investigation Department (State CID) visited his residence in Mbodo Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, on Thursday, October 8, 2026, while he was in Lagos for a podcast programme.
According to the activist, the operatives told his neighbour that they had come to arrest him but refused to disclose the reason for the planned arrest or leave any contact details through which he could reach them.
He expressed concern that he could be arrested upon his return to Port Harcourt, alleging that the police action might be connected to his efforts to challenge the alleged unlawful detention and assault of teenage boys in his neighbourhood.
“I was in Lagos for a podcast session with Honest Bunch at Glitch Africa on October 8 when my neighbour called me that police from State CID came to arrest me,” Lucky said.
“They refused to state the reason for the arrest and did not drop any contact. They only told my neighbour that they were from State CID.”
Lucky linked the alleged police interest in him to a dispute involving teenage girls residing in a hostel operated by a man he identified as Mr Collins and his wife in Mbodo Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area.
He alleged that several girls, some aged between 12 and 16, live in the hostel and are sometimes sent out late at night to carry out errands, including fetching firewood.
According to him, the incident that led to his intervention occurred on September 26, when some of the girls were allegedly sent out at about 11pm to buy firewood.
Lucky claimed that some teenage boys from the neighbourhood, who were around the same age as the girls, escorted them back to their residence.
However, he alleged that Collins’ wife saw the boys and accused one of them, a 15-year-old, of kidnapping before allegedly calling her brother, whom Lucky identified as an OSPAC member.
“On September 26, he sent these children out at night at about 11pm to buy firewood. Some boys in the neighbourhood within the same age group as the girls escorted them home, but the wife saw them, held one of the boys, 15 years old, and started shouting kidnapping,” he said.
Lucky alleged that OSPAC operatives subsequently arrived at the scene and assaulted the teenager with a cutlass.
“She called her brother who is in ONELGA Security Planning and Advisory Committee (OSPAC), and they came that night and started beating the boy with cutlass,” he alleged.
He further claimed that another boy who attempted to intervene was also assaulted, with both teenagers subsequently arrested and taken to an OSPAC detention facility in Umuike Aluu.
According to Lucky, the operatives allegedly demanded ₦50,000 for the boys’ release.
“Even the boy in the street who tried to intervene, his case was worse. They were arrested and detained in OSPAC cell from Umuike Aluu in Ikwerre Local Government Area, and the OSPAC operatives demanded ₦50,000 for bail,” he said.
“Meanwhile, this happened in Mbodo Aluu, not in Umuike because they have different OSPAC.”
The activist said he became involved in the matter after learning about the alleged assault and detention of the teenagers.
He said he visited the boundary police station in Mbodo Aluu on September 27 to make a formal report concerning the incident.
According to him, the Divisional Police Officer subsequently intervened and secured the release of the boys from OSPAC custody after they had allegedly spent up to four days in detention.
Lucky also claimed that the woman involved in the dispute was arrested but later granted bail.
He said the matter was subsequently taken to the Police Area Command in Choba, prompting him to approach the office of the Rivers State Commissioner of Police to seek further intervention.
According to the activist, he met with the human rights officer at the commissioner’s office, who allegedly contacted the Area Command and directed that the case be transferred to the commissioner’s office.
However, Lucky alleged that the directive was not implemented and that operatives of the State CID later became involved in the matter.
He claimed that the teenage boys were subsequently arrested again and taken into custody at the State CID in Rivers State.
“They came and arrested those boys again, but I was in Lagos when they came,” he said.
“As I am talking to you now, those boys are in detention at State CID, Rivers State.”
Lucky alleged that his efforts to secure justice for the teenagers and challenge what he described as abuses by security operatives may have made him a target of the police.
“State CID is looking for me to arrest me for standing up for the voiceless,” he said.
He expressed concern that the police had not informed him of any alleged offence that could justify his arrest, adding that the operatives who visited his residence had neither explained the reason for their visit nor provided contact details.
The activist also said he feared that he could be arrested upon returning to Port Harcourt on Saturday, October 10, 2026.
“My flight back to Port Harcourt is tomorrow morning, October 10, 2026. I fear for possible abduction by the Nigerian police,” he said.
The Investigation Police Officer handling the case at the Mbodo Aluu police station, identified as Officer Constant, was contacted for comments and clarification.
However, the officer neither answered calls nor responded to a message sent to him before the report was filed.
Collins, identified by Lucky as the operator of the school and hostel where the girls reside and the husband of the woman involved in the incident, was also contacted for his response.
He equally neither answered calls nor responded to a message sent to him at the time of filing this report.
The police and the other individuals accused in Lucky’s account had therefore not provided their responses to the allegations as of the time of publication.
ChroniclesReporters could not independently verify the allegations at the time of filing this report.