Amotekun men shot the motorcyclist in the Araromi area of Akure, the Ondo State capital, on 9 August 2021, leading to the amputation of his left leg about a month after.
Oluwarotimi Oluwasegun appealed in a letter his lawyer sent to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Thursday.
The judge, Omolara Adejumo, awarded the sum after she found the action of the Amotekun operatives was in gross violation of Mr Oluwasegun’s fundamental human rights. “The amputation of the leg of Our Client, his livelihood, his ability to provide for his family and to send his children to school have all been permanently clogged by reason of his inability to walk on two legs, alongside the necessary debts he and his family members have incurred in order to settle his medical bills.”
In another letter to the Commandant of Amotekun Corps in Ondo State, Mr Oluwasegun desperately sought an urgent intervention to ameliorate his declining health.“When it became apparent that there was no more hope for Our Client as a result of the amputation of one of his legs…Oluwasegun Oluwarotimi had to proceed before the Ondo State High Court to seek redress in this matter.”
He said he struggled to understand the situation when one of the Amotekun officers “fired a shot on my leg with the rifle he had tied to his neck.”
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