A British citizen, Mr. Khomeini
Bukhari, has asked an Abuja
Federal High Court to order the
Inspector-Gener al of Police,
Mohammed Abubakar, to
investigate his complaint that two
policemen robbed him in Abuja
on October 29, 2011.
The plaintiff also asked the court
to order the IG to make the
outcome of the investigation
public.
The Briton in his amended
originating summons is also
praying the court to order the IG
to pay him N1bn as damages for
the failure of the police
authorities to investigate his
complaint.
Bukhari is also claiming N1bn as
examplary and aggravated
damages for a press statement in
which the Federal Capital Territory
police command cast doubts on
his sanity.
The court, presided over by
Justice Gabriel Kolawole, had last
November 21, adjourned to
January 31, 2013, to hear an
application for amendment of the
originating summons and the
notice of preliminary objection
filed by the police.
In the amended writ and claims
filed by his lawyer, Mr. Bamidele
Aturu, the Briton asked the court
for “an order mandating/
directing the defendant to
investigate the report made by
the plaintiff to his office on
October 13, 2011 concerning the
robbery incident of October 29 at
the Millennium Park F.C.T Abuja
involving some police officers and
make public the outcome of the
investigation.”
The Briton claimed the police
authorities not only failed to
investigate his complaint, but also
made “malicious and libellous”
statements against his person.
The statement was credited to the
FCT Police Public Relations Officer,
Mr. Jimoh Moshood, on December
7, 2011.
In the statement, the command
doubted Bukhari’s claims that the
two policemen, Samuel Ekpah and
Daniel Marcus, robbed him, and
also insinuated that the plaintiff
was of unsound mind.