Court Awards N1million Against Enugu State Police Commissioner, Others Over Violation Of Rights | Sahara Reporters

The court awarded the N1million damages in favour of the applicants in Suit No. HAGB/47M/2022, between Chief Francis Nnamani, Uzodinma Nnamani, Ugochukwu Nnamani, and Charles Nnamani as First to Fourth Applicants, And Ikechukwu Ogbonna Nnamani, Ifeayichukwu Nwobodo, Uchenna Ogbonna, Nnajiofor Nnamani, Chinweuba Orji Nnamchi, Peter Nnamchi, Okwudiri Nnamani, Obumneke Nnamchi, Chijioke Orji, Inspector Amaechi Onyedikachi and Commissioner of Police, Enugu State as First to Eleventh Respondents.

In a judgment order obtained by SaharaReporters on Friday, Justice Nwobodo in the judgment delivered on Wednesday ordered that Inspector Amaechi Onyedikachi and the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Ammani who are the Tenth and Eleventh Respondents should desist from further harassing, arresting, and detaining the Applicants upon frivolous complaints of the 1 - 9th Respondents as in this instant application save that where the Applicants are found to have committed any offence after discrete...

"This Court hereby enters judgment as follows: The Court Orders that the applicants are entitled to their personal liberty as provided for in Section 35 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended and S.35 thereof which provides that the Applicant's liberty should not be deprived save upon reasonable suspicion of his having committed a criminal offence.

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