DAILY POST recalls that Gene was alleged to have been kidnapped by hoodlums during an operation in Aba Tuntun in December 2020.
The suit no. NICN/IB/74/2021, was between Jimoh Gene and Comfort Gene versus the Police Service Commission, the Inspector-General of Police and three others. On Thursday, Justice Opeloye A. Ogunbowale, in his judgement, granted the reliefs sought by the plaintiffs, saying he “Found the police liable for negligence under the doctrine of Vicarious Liability and that the police exposed PC Emmanuel Gene to extreme danger.”
“The case is about the disappearance of Police Constable Emmanuel Gene, who went missing during an operation at Ijebu-Igbo in 2020 alleged to be illegal.
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