Residents fault police over Bonny clash, allege unequal charges

Residents of Bonny Island, Rivers State, have accused the police of bias and injustice in their handling of a violent clash between the Tobin and Brown families, alleging that the authorities have treated the two sides differently in the investigation and prosecution of the incident.
The residents expressed outrage over the arraignment of the head of the Tobin family, Elder Darlinton Tobin, and other members of his family on charges of attempted murder, while allegedly treating members of the rival Brown family more leniently by charging five of them with misdemeanour offences.
They alleged that the police’s handling of the case had created the impression that the authorities were fa...