Police IG Ordered to Pay Woman N100m Over Husband's Death in Custody

• Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to pay N100m to the widow of Mark Kajo.
• The deceased was allegedly arrested, unlawfully detained, tortured and finally died in police custody
• The judge also ordered a five per cent interest on the fine until the judgment debt is fully settled by the police

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FCT, Abuja - The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has been ordered to pay Mrs Mary Kajo, the sum of N100 million over the alleged death of her husband, Mark Kajo.

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, delivered the judgement on Wednesday, January 17, Vanguard reported.

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The judge ordered the police authorities to pay N500,000 as the cost of filing the suit and five per cent interest on the fine until the judgment debt is fully settled.

“I find that the applicant has established that the fundamental rights of her husband, Mr Mark Kajo, have been breached by the inexplicable cold-blooded extra-judicial killing of the deceased in the custody of the 1st to 3rd respondents."

The judge added that:

“Where it is established that the fundamental right of a citizen has been breached, the law is trite that damages in compensation, legally and naturally follow every act of violation of citizen’s fundamental right”

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The money was awarded as compensation for the death of two Nigerians and injury to another,

SP Baba Ali, a Divisional Police Officer in the state had reportedly tortured Ibrahim Babangida and Ibrahim Samaila to death while causing injury to Abdulwahab Bello over the alleged theft of chickens on July 21, 2020.

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Source: Legit.ng