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A comprehensive report issued by the Network on Police Reforms in Nigeria (NOPRIN), a few weeks ago on non-compliance with court orders by officers of the Nigerian Police
Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gudu, Abuja, has ordered the Inspector-General of Police to pay N50 million damages to the widow of the late Chief M. K. O. Abiola, Prof Zainab Duke-Abiola, for violating her fundamental rights. The court held that arresting and parading the widow in a nightgown was illegal. Delivering judgment on Thursday in a fundamental human rights enforcement Suit No: FCT/HC/CV/2431/2023, the court also ordered the police to apologise to her in two national newspapers.
A Nigerian activist and Youtuber, Israel Balogun, has called on the founder and General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, to allow a sick girl in his church get proper medical attention instead of keeping her in his church, praying for a “miracle.”
A civil society organisation, the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre, has urged the acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode
Peace Ekom Robert, a Nigerian woman who was declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force has raised the alarm over the safety of her life. SaharaReporters reported on August 19, 2023 that Robert sued the Acting Inspector General of the Nigeria Police Force, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, the Police Service Commission, three police officers, and one Ifenyinwa Anthonia Olua (Ugo) to the Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo. Ekom is seeking N520 million in damages for the alleged violation of her fundamental and constitutional rights.