₦airaland Forum

Extra Judicial Killings: ECOWAS Court orders Nigeria to pay$200,000 each to Apo Victims. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court has ordered Nigeria to pay a total of$3.3mn over the extra-judicial killing of eight citizens in the Apo District of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory.The regional court, ordered the country to pay a compensatory damage of $200,000 to each of the family ofits Nigerian citizens killed and $150,000 to each of the injured by a combined team of soldiers and operativesof the Department of State Security Service (DSS) during a raid of an uncompleted building the Apo Area of Abuja.The eight Nigerians killed when the security personnel opened fire on them were later found to be commercial motorcycle (Okada) riders who were taking refuge in the uncompleted building as a result of skyrocketing cost of house rent in the capital city.Those killed are Nura Abdullahi , Ashiru Musa, Abdullahi Manmman, Buhari Ibrahim, Suleiman Ibrahim, Ahmadu Musa, Nasir Adamu and Musa Yobe.



http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/extra-judicial-killings-ecowas-court-orders-nigeria-to-pay-200-000-each-to-apo-victims/150314.html

really

Y won't dey compensate them when they are hausa!

I knew back then that that was an error. Naija and their lack of value for life.

evanscheck:
Y won't dey compensate them when they are hausa!

I guess ken saro wiwas family and community that was compensated with millions of dollars and the lady that faulty nepa wires electrocuted and was later compensated with millions by them were all HAUSAS too?




I don't know how you became a bitter and frustrated tribalist! Your mum complained to me about it but I can now see it is true!