The Uyo Division of the High Court in Akwa Ibom State has ruled that Policewoman Inspector, Iniobong Umoren, must pay a commercial tricycle operator, Jeremiah Sunday Udo, the sum of N5 million for his unlawful arrest and seizure of his tricycle (Keke).
Udo claimed to have acquired the tricycle through a hire purchase deal amounting to N1.9 million.
The court heard that Inspector Umoren detained the petitioner for five days without access to food and water.
Justice Ntong Ntong, presiding over the case, gave the order on Thursday in response to an application for the enforcement of fundamental rights brought by the applicant, Udo, a resident of Ikono Local Government Area.
The learned Justice also ruled that the first respondent, Mr. Udoka David, a friend of the tricycle rider, should pay an additional N5 million for instigating the Police to arrest and detain Udo for five days without providing food and water.
The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Police Command, Mr. Olatoye Durosinmi, who was joined in the suit as the third respondent, was excluded from the case, with the court advising him to ensure that his officers and men carry out their duties within the bounds of the law.
– Leadership 📰
