Nigeria, June 8 -- A lawyer, Wisdom Chude, has alleged widespread human rights abuses at the Octopus Unit of the Nigeria Police Force's C4i Department in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, including unlawful detention, torture, and extortion of suspects.

Mr Chude made the allegations in a Facebook post on Sunday after, according to him, speaking with a man who claimed to have been detained at the facility located in the Mile 2 area of Diobu.

The lawyer also tagged the Rivers State police spokesperson, Blessing Agabe, in the post.

According to Mr Chude, the man told him he was arrested over a petition that had "no connection whatsoever" to him and was detained for several days.

The detainee claimed that while in custody, he was subjected to ...