Nigerian Court Indicts Police Over Extrajudicial Killing Of Four Igbo Traders In Lagos, Orders N400Million Compensation To Families
After 22 years, a Lagos High Court sitting in Yaba, Southwest Nigeria, has indicted the police for the extrajudicial killing of four Igbo traders in Ladipo market in 2001. The victims are Anthony Ezenwafor, Chukwuemeka Ezeofor, Izuchukwu Ezeama, and Aloysius Osigwe, all from Ekwulobia, Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria. They were traders at Ladipo International Auto Spare Parts Market and were extrajudicially killed by the police attached to the Surulere Division of the Lagos State Command on July 21, 2001.
Source: saharareporters.com