The judge also issued a restraining order on the police from arresting, detaining, harassing or intimidating.
in Awka on Tuesday awarded N10 million as damages against the Nigeria Police Force and Assistant Inspector General Abutu Yaro, in charge of Zone 13 of the Nigeria police.Presiding Justice DA Onyefulu, a vacation judge, also awarded N200,000 as the cost of litigation in favour of the plaintiff.
The judgment resulted from Suit No. A/Misc 461/2022 which Mr Ekwueme filed against the defendants to enforce his rights to freedom.The counsel to Mr Ekwueme, Alex Ejesieme, had earlier told the court that the police arrested and detained his client between 14 December and 28 December 2022, without taking him to court.
He argued that the police arrested his client based on a petition by the community and detained him without prosecuting him.
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