A Federal High Court, Abuja, has ruled in favour of six women, who were harassed and abused during raids by the AEPB
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has ruled in favour of six women, who were harassed and abused during raids by the Abuja Environmental Protection Board , police and other law enforcement agents.In April 2019, Police officers and AEPB officials stormed hotels, supermarkets and other centres of business in Abuja, harassing women indiscriminately in the name of arresting sex workers.
After over two years of trial, Justice Evelyn Maha in her judgment on August 5, held that the arrest of the applicants without cause, the beating, molestation and dehumanising treatment, detention of the applicants and the barring of the applicants from accessing legal representation, was a violation of their rights as guaranteed under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
MEANWHILE, a federal High Court, Lagos has admitted a 22 years old man, Joshua Adeyinka Kayode, who allegedly defrauded 170 people of the sum of N10.8 billion under a fake investment scheme to bail.
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