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TonyRazor
Court orders police to apologise, pay Anambra lawyer N25m for torture

A High Court sitting in Onitsha, Anambra State has asked the police to pay a lawyer in the state, Mr Ogbonnaya Obasi, the sum of N25m as damages for torture.

The court presided over by Justice Theophifine Oguji also ordered the police to tender an apology to the lawyer in a national daily.

The judgement which was delivered on Monday saw no fewer than 30 lawyers appearing for the applicant, OJ Obasi.

Obasi had instituted the matter against the police following his brutalization by some police personnel attached to the Onitsha Area Command in October, 2019.

Obasi had on the fateful day interceded in the torture of a citizen, begging the police to stop beating the man, but the officers turned round and descended on the lawyer.

Delivering judgement on Monday, the court ordered the respondents to tender personal
written apology to the lawyer as well as a public apology to be published in a daily newspaper.

The court also ordered the police to pay the lawyer "N25m damages, jointly and severally, for assaulting the applicant, and breach of the applicant's fundamental rights".

The Respondents, Emeka Ebo, Yakubu Aboh, John Agbaka, the Inspector General of Police and Commissioner of Police were absent in court.

Very Good.

werey op, you know its N25m but you intentionally put N25 to drag people to view your thread. you be idiot.

Please, it was a mistake. God bless you.

TonyRazor:
Please, it was a mistake. God bless you.

Amen.

the question now is will dey pay?

bmdmixer:
the question now is will dey pay?

if they do not pay , an application will be brought to deduct the money from the Police bank account . It is a must to pay !!

abijaofficial:
if they do not pay , an application will be brought to deduct the money from the Police bank account . It is a must to pay !!

nice to know this

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The enforcement of the payment can be done through a garnishee order, whereby the money will be deducted at source from police account and paid to the lawyer. Whatever is the case, the police still have the right of appeal on the matter. It's a high court judgemegnt.

Nice one

Good for the police.once they carry gun they begin to behave like they're untouchable and disrespect everyone without knowing who is who.he met his size.