A former Deputy  Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Fred Omogberale has instituted a legal action against the Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Idris Ibrahim over the violation of his fundamental rights to personal liberty, privacy, assemble freely, associate with other persons and own property.

 Other defendants in the suit filed at the Federal High Court in Benin by his counsel, Mr.D.A.Alegbe are the Assistant Inspector of Police, Zone 5, Benin, Edo State Commissioner of police and Franklyn Akanou, OC SARS- Benin.

 In the suit, Omogberale is asking the Court for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from further harassing, arresting, torturing, dehumanizing him and from about freely without further violating his rights to personal liberty and to associate with other persons at Afuze and throughout Nigeria for no offence.

 He also demanding for the sum of N100,000,000.00 as compensation from the defendants jointly and severally for the arrest, torture, dehumanizing, preventing him from moving freely as well as the violation of his rights to personal liberty and psychological trauma among others.

 The applicant want the court to declare that his arrest, assault, torture, dehumanization and detention and depriving of his business on the 3rd and 4th of September 2016 is a breach of his fundamental rights as guaranteed by Sections 35, 37,40,41,and 47 of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 as amended.

 In a 24 paragraph affidavit to support his claims, the applicant held that he was on his house at Ovbiomu- Emai when he received a phone call from his workers at Obviomu Petrol Station, Afuze that some fiercely looking armed police men numbering about 22 came into the petrol station in two Hilux vans with registration No NPF 2715 D and NPF 8418 B led by CSP Franklyn Akanuo from Federal Special Anti- Robbery Squad (F-SARS),invaded and occupied the petrol station.

 He disclosed that apart from handcuffing and torturing the manager, Mr. Daniel Igbafe, the invading police men held the staff and customers hostage in the process.