A Police counsel,Mr. Malik Taiwo has stated before the Independent Investigation Panel on Human Rights Violations by the Defunct SARS and other units of the Nigerian police force that a complainant before the panel Mr. Emenike Umezuruike should not be awarded any compensation because he was not detained by the police and his evidence not convincing enough. Taiwo while reading his written address said the testimony given by the complainant should be dismissed citing the fact that no independent witness has corroborated his testimony before the panel. According…
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How Police unlawfully detained me for 58 days, demanded N5m bail – Complainant tells IIP-SARS
A complainant, Mr. Emenike Festus Umezurike on Friday narrated his ordeals in the hands of the Nigerian Police saying that he was unlawfully detained for 58 days at the Cameroun Barracks Police station Aba, Abia state where the Police tried to extort N5 million from him. Testifying in the case of alleged unlawful arrest, detention, inhuman and degrading treatment he brought against the Police, Mr. Umezurike, told the panel that while he was trying to market a landed property, the Police arrested and detained him at Umuagwo Police station in…
How Police brutalized,detained me with my son for 3 days, in pregnancy – Complainant
A complainant, Blessing Orji on Wednesday has informed the Independent Investigation Panel on Human Rights Violations by the defunct SARS and other units of the Nigerian Police Force how she was allegedly brutalized by the Police and detained for three days for complaining that she was hit by a motorcycle, which resulted in a leg injury. Testifying before the panel presided Dr. Garba Tetengi (SAN) on behalf of the Chairman, Justice Suleiman Galadima (rtd), the petitioner who was accompanied to the panel by her husband, Moses Orji disclosed that she…
Complainant charged me for Armed Robbery, Kidnapping – Police witness tells IIP-SARS
A Police witness before the Independent Investigative panel on Human Rights Violations by the defunct SARS and other Units of the Nigerian police Force,DSP Aminu Sokoto on Thursday told the panel how a complainant, Samson Aboderin labeled him an armed robber before the National Human Rights Commission on two occasions. DSP Sokoto, a criminal investigator with the IGP Monitoring unit testified before the panel how it all started sometime in 2019 when a petition was written to the Inspector General of police by one Pastor Maxwell Okaura and it was…
Police remained adamant over payment of N2m award – Complainant cries out
The Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violation by the defunct SARS and other units of the Nigerian Police Force has charged police to be more serious in their endeavors. Dr.Garba Tetengi SAN who stood in for the Chairman of the panel Justice Suleiman Galadima stated that the police through its counsel DCP James Idachaba has obliged to give a positive report from the outcome of his meeting with the Force authority regarding the federal high court judgment sitting in Ikoyi, which awarded the sum of 2 million naira in…
We were unlawfully tortured, detained by police because we are southern Kaduna indigenes, complainant tells IIP-SARS
One of the eight complainants from Southern Kaduna, Kaduna state, Tony Duchi who alleged that the police unlawfully tortured , detained and imprisoned them based on ethnic origin on Wednesday told the IIP-SARS that they knew nothing about allegations of conspiracy, assault and theft for which they were unjustly treated. Led by their counsel, Samuel Yusuf Esq., Tony informed the Panel that on the day of their arrest a team of policemen came to their residential houses in Durumi, Abuja shooting sporadically to their utter surprise. He further said “that…
POLICE BRUTALITY : Complainant insists on N200m compensation for amputated limbs …. as police pay N150,000
The Independent Investigative Panel on allegations of human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of the Nigerian Police on Monday continued hearing on the petition of Kingsley Kalu who insisted that the Nigeria police should pay him the sum of N200 million compensation and procure a prosthetic limb for his use. The petitioner alleged that he was hit by a bullet on his left leg from Akpabio Daniel with the FCT Command at the Exclusive store in Abuja. Kingsley Kalu, under cross examination, acknowledged…
Allegation of N3M bribe is false -Police ….. as complainant insists police fraudulently withdrew his brother’S money
The Nigerian Police on Tuesday told the Independent Investigative Panel on allegations of human rights violations by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) that allegation of N3 million naira bribe to bail Edward Dumisara who later died after his arrest and detention by the Police was fabricated to tarnish the image of some officers of the Force. A complainant and brother of the deceased, Confidence Leera deposed in his affidavit before the Panel stated that some Officers of the Nigerian Police including…
I have not seen my brother two days after his arrest by police in 2018 – Complainant
The Independent Investigative Panel on allegations of human rights violations against the Police and other Tactical Unit of the Nigerian Police Force resumed sitting in Abuja today, Monday February 8th 2021. The panel heard five (5 ) cases among which is a case of alleged enforced disappearance of one Mr. Morris Fater Ahwe who was last seen by members of his family in 2018 following his arrest. In his testimony the complainant, Mr Raphael Ashwe who is also the elder brother of the victim, told the panel that the victim…