A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has awarded the sum of N75,000,000 against the Nigeria Police in a fundamental Human Rights suit filed by the family of the late auto mechanic, Chima Ikwunado.
The family of Ikwunado had instituted a fundamental human rights action against the Inspector General of Police, Rivers State Commissioner of Police, former E-Crack Commander in Rivers State, SP Benson Adetuyi, and 4 dismissed police officers.
The trial Judge, Justice S. I Mark, in her judgment on Friday, granted all the reliefs sought by counsel to the plaintiff and fined the Police the sum of 75,000,000 for damages.
Ikwunado, who was an auto-mechanic, was reported to have died in the custody of the police from severe torture in 2019.
He was arrested and tortured alongside 4 of his apprentices, Victor Ogbonna, Osaze Friday, Ifeanyi Osuji and Ifeanyi Onyekwere, by men of the now defunct E-Crack Unit, attached to the Mile 1 Police Division, while test-driving two cars they were repairing along Olu-Obasanjo Road in Port-Harcourt.
