THE Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Gudu Judicial Division, Abuja, has delivered judgement in a fundamental rights suit filed to challenge the illegal arrest, torture and continued detention of Mrs. Ngozi Umeadi since February 2021.
Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiyi on Thursday declared Umeadi’s arrest and continued detention by the operatives of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Unit, hitherto led by suspended Deputy Police Commissioner, Abba Kyari, as illegal, and a gross violation of her fundamental human rights.
The court further ordered her immediate and unconditional release from custody, and consequently awarded exemplary and aggravated damages of N50,000,000.00 (Fifty Million Naira Only) against the police as reparation.
The court further directed in her judgement that the police should tender an unreserved apology to Mrs Umeadi, to be published in two national dailies.
Recall that in August that the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team under the then leadership of Kyari, now under suspension, extorted at least N1 million each from seven suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The seven suspects were among over 50 persons arrested from the South-East during various raids.
