However, his release has been delayed by stringent bail conditions requiring him to produce a serving Colonel in the Nigerian Army as surety, a condition supporters and family members describe as practically impossible to meet.
A retired Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Hilary Opara, has been accused of asking prison authorities to chain and torture David Nwokorie, the former boyfriend of his daughter, Genevieve Opara, despite the detainee having been granted bail by a Federal High Court in Abuja.
Sources at the Kuje Custodial Centre told SaharaReporters that Opara allegedly contacted prison authorities on Tuesday and requested that Nwokorie be subjected to harsher treatment while in custody.
According to officials familiar with the development, the retired senior police officer allegedly urged prison authorities to chain and torture Nwokorie, who has spent about four months in detention over cybercrime and cyberstalking charges instituted by the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC).
"We were shocked by the request. We simply told him not to worry, but that does not mean anybody agreed to carry out what he allegedly wanted," a prison official said.
