Nationnewslead reports that The Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State has awarded the sum of N5,000,000.00 (Five Million Naira Only) as aggravated and general damages against the Nigeria Police Force and the Inspector General of Police for the reckless abuse of the rights of Mrs. Adetola Halima Abdulazeez, the Applicant.
In a Fundamental Human Right Enforcement suit instituted by a foremost Human Rights Lawyer, in the person of Mr. Pelumi Olajengbesi Esq. on behalf of the Applicant, the Presiding Judge of the Court, Hon. Justice Ayo Emmanuel resolved the matter in favour of the Applicant. In his judgement, the Court held that the actions of the offending Officers in the discharge of their official duties as agents of the Nigeria Police Force amounted to an infringement of the Fundamental Right to Dignity of the Applicant, a liability the Nigeria Police Force must shoulder.
It would be recalled that the Applicant on the 18th day of April 2020, during the national Covid-19 lockdown, was grievously dehumanized and publicly assaulted by Officers of the Nigeria Police Force who were identified as Inspector Taiwo and Constable Abass Ibrahim.
The Applicant was hounded by the said Officers on her way in search of a pharmaceutical store to purchase drugs for her ailing daughter who was down with severe ear infection. The said Officers, without just cause, pounced on the Applicant with police baton and other whips, causing her grievous bodily injury and emotional distress.
At the Hearing of the suit, Counsel for the Nigeria Police Force and the Inspector General of Police, F.B Osei Esq. argued that Inspector Taiwo and Constable Abass Ibrahim were agents of the Nigeria Police Force, however, that the Nigeria Police Force and the Inspector General of Police cannot be held liable for the acts and omission of its Officers.
Pelumi Olajengbesi Esq. in his statement commended the court’s industry as espoused in its Judgment and applauds the presiding Judge for his judicious adjudication of the suit.
The judgment according to Pelumi Olajengbesi Esq. will reinforce the slogan which connotes the judiciary as the last hope of the common man and equally rekindle the hope of Nigerians in our judicial ssystem.
Other lawyers in the matter that represented the Applicants are Pelumi Wole Olaleye Esq., Abiodun Sonaike Esq. And Emmanuel Omaga.
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