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Police Brutality: Complainant Demands Seven hundred Million Naira Compensation

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"ALtzd2u3" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><strong>From Alhassan Bala &comma;Abuja<&sol;strong><&sol;p><div class&equals;"Ye2yes71" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>One Mr Ejiofor Umuuna a complainant at the Independent Investigative Panel on allegations of human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti- Robbery Squad &lpar;SARS&rpar; and other units of the Nigerian Police on Wednesday told the panel how his brother Kenneth Umuuna died following torture&comma;cruel inhuman and degrading treatment meted out on his deceased brother by SARS in Kaduna state<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The complainant said his brother was killed by SARS in Kaduna state on 3rd September 2009 but his corpse was only released for burial in 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He told the panel that on the 16th August 2009&comma;he received a call fro his father&lpar;now deceased&rpar; that Kenneth has been taken by SARS&comma;led by one Insp Kabiru Mohammed&comma;on the instructions of one Alhaji Ahmadu Madugari&comma; following a fight the victim had with a neighbor named Monday Igwe&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"3hvuSeap" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Narrating further before the panel&comma;Ejiofor said when their late father visited Kenneth where he was detained&comma;he met him in a dehumanising condition on the floor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>When his father inquired why he was in that state&comma;the victim &lpar;now deceased&rpar; told his father that he was tortured&comma;only for the father to be informed later that his son was sick&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On getting to the police station&comma;the father was directed to take him to the hospital where he met Kenneth on a seat looking lifeless&comma;he could not stand on his feet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was immediately taken to a private hospital&comma;Alba hospital by his father where they were asked to produce police report due to the condition he was brought into the hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ejiofor informed the panel that their father moved Kenneth to 44 Army hospital in Kaduna&comma; he was not admitted because there was no bed space&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thereafter all hospitals they visited police report was required before admittance&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;When they went back to the Police Station for the report&comma;the police denied them&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The father took him to Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital&comma;Chika&comma;Zaria where he died on 3rd September 2009&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The father tried to get justice by writing petition to Inspector General of Police &lpar;IGP&rpar;&comma; and the IGP directed the Commissioner of Police in Kaduna to investigate the complaints&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Monday Igwe&comma;Alhaji Ahmadu Madugari&comma; Insp Kabiru Mohammed were invited by the Commissioner and they were detained for only a day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The family&&num;8217&semi;s prayer before the panel is to get justice for his brother and financial compensation of N700&comma;000&comma;000&lpar;Seven hundred million naira&rpar; only&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hearing was adjourned to 12th January 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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