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Police unlawful arrest: Lawyer writes NHRC to prevail on IGP to obey court order
One yr after 5 Journalists have been unlawfully arrested and detained by the Inspector Common of Police, IGP Monitoring Unit in Warri, a famend lawyer, Mr. Oghenejabor Ikimi Esq right now urged the Nationwide Human Rights Fee, NHRC, to prevail on the Inspector Common of Police, IGP, to pay compensations/damages to the 5 journalists in addition to be certain that the judgement of a Delta State Excessive Courtroom to the impact is obeyed and executed.
Ikimi disclosed this in a phone chat with Our correspondent in Warri as he defined the present stage of the matter.
Ikimi stated,”We’ve written to the Nationwide Human Rights Fee. We’ve instructed them. We despatched all our judgments to them and we instructed them they need to not examine something as a result of there’s nothing to analyze once more. We’ve gotten judgement, however quite, they need to be certain that the judgment is executed.
In accordance with Ikimi,”We despatched all of the judgments to them. So, we’re ready for them to prevail on the IGP to pay us.
“They are saying we must always come to Abuja, write statements, carry cash, mobilize them. It’s nonetheless the identical order. So, I instructed them that we have now handed that stage of investigation.
“You recognize they known as me from Abuja that they wish to examine the matter. So, I wrote again to Nationwide Human Rights Fee. All of the papers are with me, telling them that we don’t want that. We’ve gotten judgments and that they need to be certain that the judgment is obeyed by the IGP. So, they now wrote me asking, did I serve them? I now replied. I stated we have now served them. All Licensed True Copies of the judgment. So, they need to prevail on the IGP to make sure that the judgment is obeyed.”
It will be recalled that the 5 journalists have been unlawfully arrested and detained on Tuesday Could 26,2020.
The 5 Journalists who weren’t pleased with the way in which they have been maltreated, dragged the IGP Monitoring Unit to Courtroom the place they filed a elementary proper go well with claiming damages.
