A Federal Capital Territory High Court presided by Justice Bello Kawu has asked the Nigeria Police Force to pay N12 million in damages for the abduction and illegal detention of Kasarahchi Aniagolu, a reporter with THE WHISTLER Newspaper.
Aniagolu was arrested, assaulted, and detained for eight hours by the Nigeria Police Force on February 21, 2024, in Abuja.
She was arrested at a location in Wuse Zone 4 where police operatives allegedly came on a covert operation against operators of illegal bureau de change.
The reporter subsequently filed a suit on 25th October, 2024 against the Inspector General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force, demanding N100m (one hundred million damages).
In her statement of claims, she said the police abducted her and breached her privacy by seizing her phone and deleting pictures in it.
