Judiciary
Anambra court slams N10m fine on Nigeria Police for illegal detention of businessman
An Anambra High Court sitting in Awka on Tuesday awarded N10 million as damages against the Nigeria Police Force and AIG Abutu Yaro, in charge of Zone 13 of the Nigeria Police.
It was over the illegal detention of one Mr Chukwuemeka Ekwueme, a real estate developer.
Presiding Justice D. A. Onyefulu, a vacation judge, also awarded N200,000 as cost of litigation in favour of the plaintiff.
Justice Onyefulu also issued a restraining order on the police from arresting, detaining, harassing or intimidating Ekwueme on the same matter and ruled that the police should, instead prefer charges against him.
The judgment resulted from Suit No. A/Misc 461/2022 which Ekwueme filed against the defendants to enforce his rights to freedom.
Counsel to Ekwueme, Chief Alex Ejesieme (SAN) had earlier told the court that the police arrested and detained his client between Dec. 14 and Dec. 28, 2022 without taking him to court.
The arrest and detention, he added, was in relation to an attempt by Ekwueme to develop a parcel of land at Oba International Airport in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra.
He argued that the police arrested his client based on a petition by the community and detained him between Dec. 14 and Dec. 28, 2022 without prosecuting him.
Other defendants in the suit were Nkiru Nwode, police spokesperson at Zone 13 of the Nigeria Police Force and Emmanuel Awah, an officer in the office of the spokesperson.
The same court ordered the immediate release of Ekwueme on Dec. Dec. 28, 2022 following a bail application by his counsel.
Judiciary
Orders from above’: Katsina Hisbah detains journalist seeking interview
A journalist with Trust TV, Jamil Mabai, has narrated how he was detained by the Katsina State Hisbah Corps while at the corps’ office on official duty.
The journalist explained that he had gone to the Hisbah headquarters for a follow-up interview with the corps’ Public Relations Officer, Nafiu Akilu, over an incident involving their officers.
Mabai, who narrated his experience on his X handle, said he had wanted to interview the corps’ PRO over a resident, Mallam Gambo, who was shot dead by an officer of the Community Watch Corps.
According to him, while Hisbah officials were trying to shut down a wedding with a DJ, the shots that killed the resident were fired by an operative of the Community Watch Corps tasked with defending communities against bandits attacks
Judiciary
Court remands man for allegedly stealing cold room compressor
A Sharia Court in Kano State on Wednesday ordered that a 25-year-old man, Ahmed Abdulkadir who pleaded guilty to stealing a cold room compressor unit worth N60,000 be remanded in a correction centre.
The police charged Abdulkadir, who lives in Fagge Quarters, Kano, with theft.
The Judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubaka, adjourned the matter until July 25 for summary trial.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Abdullahi Wada told the court that the complainant, Nura Muhammed who also resides in Fagge Quarters, reported the matter at the Fagge Police Station, Kano, on July 6.
Wada alleged that the defendant, entered into the complainant’s shop and stole the compressor unit.
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.
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