A Federal High Court in Calabar has awarded N100 million in damages against the Nigeria Police Force and other respondents over the torture and killing of a 22-year-old man, Onyekachi Mba.
Mr Mba was beaten and shot by police security personnel at the Government House, Calabar, Cross River State, on 1 August 2025. The incident happened in front of the governor’s residence after Mr Mba insisted on seeing the governor to deliver what he described as a message from God.
He later died at the Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital, Calabar, from injuries sustained during the assault and shooting.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu delivered the judgement on Thursday in a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the applicant and the deceased’s mother, Victoria Mba, through her counsel, Roland Ndubuka.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suit was filed on 10 October 2025.
