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Nigeria: ECOWAS court orders Nigeria to pay police torture victim N5m — Africa Links 24

Africa Links 24 with Ibrahim Ramalan
Published on 2024-12-05 12:50:38

The ECOWAS Court has ordered Nigeria to pay five million naira as compensation to citizen Oluwatimilehin Adebayo, for the violation of his right to freedom from torture.

The court also ordered Nigeria to conduct a “prompt, impartial, and effective” investigation into Adebayo’s alleged torture by the police, as well as prosecute the culprits.

Mr Adebayo had approached the court with the suit marked: Oluwatimilehin Adebayo v. Federal Republic of Nigeria (ECW/CCJ/APP/47/23),…

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