By Ike Uchechukwu, CALABAR
A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar on Thursday awarded N100 million damages against the Nigeria Police Force and four others over the murder of a 22-year-old, Onyekachi Mba, by police attached to the Cross River State Government House.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu gave the ruling in an originating motion on the enforcement of fundamental human rights, filed on October 10, 2025, by the applicant’s counsel, Chief Roland Nbubuka.
The court ruled against the Police, and four other respondents joined in the motion filed on October 10, 2025.
The reliefs sought by the motion are that, by sections 35, 36, 37, and 41 of the 1999 Constitution, a person is entitled to the right to dignity of human person, right to personal liberty, and right to life.
