January 10, 2023A high court in Awka has awarded the sum of N10 million in damages against the Nigeria Police Force and the Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Abutu Yaro, in charge of Zone 13 of the Nigeria Police headquartered in Awka, over the illegal detention of a businessman.The businessman said to be a real estate developer and identified as Chukwuemeka Ekwueme was said to have been illegally detained by the police, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
Justice Onyefulu further restrained the police from arresting, detaining, harassing or intimidating Ekwueme on the same matter and ruled that the police should, instead prefer charges against him. According to the lawyer, the arrest and detention were in relation to an attempt by Ekwueme to develop a parcel of land at Oba International Airport in the Idemili South Local Government Area of the state.
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