Court awards journalist N12 million damages against police for illegal arrest, detention
The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has awarded N12 million in damages against the Nigeria Police Force over the 2024 illegal arrest and detention of THE WHISTLER reporter, Kasarahchi Aniagolu.
The judge also held that Ms Aniagolu’s arrest and her subsequent detention in Guzape District of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, by the police “infringed on the Applicant’s right to personal liberty, in contravention” on contravention of Section 35(1) of the Constitution.
An earlier court decision came in September 2018 when the Federal High Court in Abuja awarded Bayelsa-based journalist Jones Abiri N10 million in damages after declaring his more than two years’ detention by the SSS without trial unconstitutional.
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