Nigeria, Feb. 12 -- The Edo State Police Command has charged Nwoke Onyebuchi, a 52-year-old medical doctor and senior lecturer at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, alongside four others, with murder, armed robbery, and kidnapping following a protest against rising abductions in the university town.

PREMIUM TIMES obtained on Sunday copies of the charges and court filings in the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Mr Onyebuchi.

The charges, filed before the Edo State High Court in Ubiaja on 2 February, include conspiracy to commit felony, armed robbery, kidnapping, and the alleged murder of residents while being held hostage.

Mr Onyebuchi was charged alongside Ekpoborodefe Oghenevo Andress, 30; Aigbogun Collins, 40; Oyinbo Lifted...