A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Inspector-General of Police to pay a compensation of N1m to a businessman, Victor Ojionu, for parading him before the media.
Justice Zainab Abubakar held that Ojionu, who was arrested for alleged Internet fraud in 2020 by the Intelligence Response Team led by embattled super cop, Abba Kyari, was detained without a warrant and then paraded in handcuffs in infringement of his fundamental human rights.
In a bid to clear his name, Ojionu’s lawyer, Abubakar Marshal, sued the IGP and the Attorney-General of the Federation in a fundamental human rights suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/01/2020.
Among the seven reliefs sought, Ojionu sought a declaration that the pre-trial parade was illegal and void as it violates Section 34 of the constitution and Articles 5 and 6 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights.
He also sought an order compelling the media houses that covered the parade to retract the news item from their…