A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar awards N100 million in damages against the Nigeria Police Force and four other respondents following the death of 22-year-old Onyekachi Mba. The court delivers the judgment in a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the deceased’s family, according to multiple reports. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, who presides over the case, rules in connection with an incident involving police officers attached to the Cross River State Government House. The reports state that Mba dies after the incident with the officers, and the court orders damages against the police force and the named respondents. Across the sources, there is agreement on the key elements of the ruling: the court is a Federal High Court in Calabar, the damages amount is N100 million, the defendant is the Nigeria Police Force along with four others, the presiding judge is Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, and the underlying case concerns the death of Onyekachi Mba in relation to police attached to the Cross River State Government House. The reports do not include further details of the court’s reasoning or the respondents’ immediate response.
Court awards N100m damages against Police over death of Onyekachi Mba in Calabar
A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar awards N100 million in damages against the Nigeria Police Force and four other respondents following the death of 22-year-old Onyekachi Mba. The court delivers...
- A Federal High Court in Calabar awards N100 million in damages.
- The award is against the Nigeria Police Force and four other respondents.
- The case is brought as a fundamental rights enforcement suit.
- The judgment is delivered by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu.
- The damages follow the death of 22-year-old Onyekachi Mba after an incident involving police attached to the Cross River State Government House.
A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, on Thursday, July 9, awarded N100 million in damages against the Nigeria Police Force and other respondents over the unfortunate killing of 22-year-old Onyekachi Mba in Delta Government House. DAILY POST reports that Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu delivered the judgment in a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the deceased’s […] Court awards N100m against police over killing of 22-year-old young man in Delta
1 hour agoA Federal High Court sitting in Calabar on Thursday awarded N100 million damages against the Nigeria Police Force and four others over the murder of a 22-year-old, Onyekachi Mba, by police attached to the Cross River State Government House. The post Court awards N100m against Police over murder of 22-year-old in Calabar appeared first on Vanguard News.
15 hours agoBy Ike Uchechukwu CALABAR — A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has awarded N100 million in damages against the Nigeria Police Force and four other respondents over the death of 22-year-old Onyekachi Mba, who died after an incident involving police officers attached to the Cross River State Government House. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu delivered the […] The post Court awards N100m damages against Police over death of 22-year-old in Calabar appeared first on Vanguard News.
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