An Ondo State High Court has ordered the state government to pay the sum of N30million as compensation to a commercial motorcyclist identified as Oluwasegun Oluwarotimi who lost his leg to a gunshot injury inflicted on by the officers of the state’s security network agency code-named Amotekun. Justice Adejumo held that the treatment meted on the applicant amounted to a violation of his right to dignity and awarded the sum as damages. Oluwasegun was working when operatives of Amotekun Corps made his life miserable on August 9, 2021.
Court Orders Ondo State Government To Pay N30million Damages To Amputated Commercial Motorcyclist Shot By Amotekun OfficialsAn Ondo State High Court has ordered the state government to pay the sum of N30million as compensation to a commercial motorcyclist identified as Oluwasegun Oluwarotimi who lost his leg to a gunshot injury inflicted on by the officers of the state’s security network agency code-named Amotekun.
Oluwasegun described the state government’s claim as “a wicked lie” in his affidavit filed in support of his suit. “The Ondo State High Court, presided over by Justice Adejumo, gave judgment in the case filed by Mr. Oluwasegun Oluwarotimi, gave judgment this morning and asked the Ondo State Government to pay Mr Oluwasegun Oluwarotimi, who is now an amputee, the sum of THIRTY MILLION NAIRA as damages. In awarding this sum, the court dondemned in the strongest terms the illegal shooting of the applicant in the leg that led to the amputation of his leg.
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