The advocacy group, Justice for Alex, has renewed pressure on the Nigeria Police Force to immediately comply with a court judgment awarding N50million compensation to the family of late journalist Alex Ogbu, who was killed while covering a protest in Abuja in January 2020.
In a petition addressed to the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, and made available to SaharaReporters on Thursday, the group accused the police of failing to obey a subsisting judgement of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, which ordered compensation for Ogbu's family over his death.
The petition, received on June 11 by the Central Mail Collection Office, department of finance and administration, Force Headquarters was signed by Francisca Ogbu, Dimeji Macaulay, Gerald Katchy and Salako Kayode, described the continued delay in implementing the judgement as a violation of the rule of law and an affront to judicial authority.
Titled: "FOLLOW UP OPEN PETITION TO THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE ON THE IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF COURT-AWARDED COMPENSATION TO THE FAMILY OF LATE ALEX OGBU," the group urged the police leadership to intervene and ensure immediate payment of the N50 million compensation awarded by the court.
