A Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Gudu Judicial Division Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Police to pay the sum of N50 million naira to Mrs Ngozi Umeadi after she was illegally arrested and detained by officer led by embattled DCP Abba Kyari.
Umeadi is being represented by IPOB lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor. He had instituted a case against the police over the illegal arrest, torture and continued detention of Mrs. Umeadi since February 2021 till date.
In a Judgement delivered on Thursday morning, Hon. Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiyi of Court No. 28, Gudu Judicial Division, Abuja, declared Umeadi’s arrest and continued detention by the Operatives of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Unit, hitherto led by Abba Kyari ‘illegal and a gross violation of her fundamental Human Rights’.
The Court further directed for her immediate and unconditional release from custody, and consequently awarded exemplary and aggravated damages of N50,000,000.00 (Fifty Million Naira Only) against the Police as reparation.
The Court further directed in her Judgement that the Police should tender an unreserved apology to Mrs Ngozi Umeadi, which apology will bepublished in two National Dailies. Speaking on the case, her lawyer, Ejiofor said;
“We shall leave no stone unturned to ensure that the terms of this judgment is carried out to the letter.”