A High Court of Enugu State presided over by Hon. Justice M. A. Onuoha has declared the alleged killing of late Philip Okoro of Umuobira Village, Nkpologu in Uzo-Uwani Local Council of Enugu State by one Barrister Chijioke Ezugwu, the Chief Security Officer of Uzo-Uwani Local Council...
A High Court of Enugu State presided over by Hon. Justice M. A. Onuoha has declared the alleged killing of late Philip Okoro of Umuobira Village, Nkpologu in Uzo-Uwani Local Council of Enugu State by one Barrister Chijioke Ezugwu, the Chief Security Officer of Uzo-Uwani Local Council and his vigilante men as unlawful, wicked and violates the deceased’s fundamental rights to life and dignity of human person.
Delivering judgment, the judge agreed with the Applicant’s Counsel that the killing of the deceased was unlawful, extrajudicial and contrary to sections 33, 34 and 37 of the 1999 Constitution, Articles of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights and Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The court therefore awarded and ordered the Chairman of Uzo-Uwani LGC, Uzo-Uwani Local Council counsel and Barrister Chijioke Ezugwu to jointly and severally pay to the family of the deceased the sum of N20, 000,000 only as compensation.
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