Comrade Grema Terab, Borno State 2019 PDP Gubernatorial Aspirant and former Executive Chairman, Borno State Emergency Management Agency, (SEMA) under the administration of Governor Kashim Shettima, has called for the immediate release of his wife, Hajiya Saadatu Muhammad, who was arrested and detained by the police for 17 days with no charges yet.

21 other family members were also arrested after a political meeting in Maiduguri on Sunday 15th April, 2018.

Grema, who made the call while speaking to newsmen in Maiduguri last Sunday, said that the presiding Magistrate, Justice Binta Othman, repeatedly denied her bail despite the Police and Borno Ministry of Justice continually flaunted her orders.

According to Terab, the arrest happened following an alleged disturbance by some miscreants who came to his premises to attack people over one hour after a successful completion of a meeting between him and his political supporters.

He said that his wife, who, despite being heavily pregnant, was taken away by the police amidst pleas from family members present.

Terab also revealed that his wife subsequently lost her pregnancy on Monday while in police detention due to her maltreatment and careless handling by men of the force.

The entire incident, he said, appeared to be a clear set up to smear his image by some political enemies who claim that he organized a meeting where a person was stabbed.

He noted that the move was probably due to the fact that some politicians were increasingly getting uncomfortable with his rising profile in the state.

Terab added that the continued detention of his wife and family members for over 10 days by the Borno state command of the Nigerian Police Force over trumped up allegations was illegal, especially as those involved in the incident have been arrested by the police.

He further appealed to the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, to quickly intervene by directing the Borno State Commissioner of Police, CP Damian Chukwu to release his wife, Hajiya Saadatu Mohammed and all those arrested by the Police at his residence.

Terab explained also that he had also decided to take the issue to the headquarters of PDP and also head to court to effect his wife’s release. He also accused some politicians in Borno state of trying to silence opposition despite the failure of governance in the state.

Meanwhile, other relatives and friends have taken to Facebook to start a #freeSa' a campaign.