OKPEBHOLO WARNS RESIDENTS AGAINST RECRUITING CRIMINALS TO TERRORISE EDO. (PHOTO).

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Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has warned residents against recruiting criminals from outside the state to carry out kidnappings and other violent crimes, describing the trend as a major setback to ongoing efforts to improve security. The governor issued the warning on Wednesday while speaking at the 2026 Ministers’ Conference organised by the Edo State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Benin City. Okpebholo expressed concern over the security situation in the state, alleging that some individuals were deliberately exaggerating incidents of crime and spreading false information on social media to discredit his administration. According to him, investigations by security agencies have uncovered the involvement of local collaborators who allegedly recruit armed gangs from outside Edo State to perpetrate kidnappings and other criminal activities. “Do you know one painful thing? Our people are now going outside Edo to recruit criminals to help them do the job....
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COURT ORDERS BANK, POLICE TO PAY N2.2M TO NURSING MOTHER.(PHOTO).

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Court orders bank, police to pay N2.2m to nursing mother

A Federal High court sitting in Awka, the Anambra State capital, has ordered Isuofia Microfinance Bank Limited and Police to pay the sum of N2.2 million to one Ohadugha Chizara, a nursing mother for her unlawful arrest and detention, together with her six-month-old baby at the Okpoko police cell.

The case with suit No: FHC/Awka/ CS/121/2022 was between Ohadugha Chizara, the applicant, and Isuofia Microfinance Bank Ltd, Nwafor Okechukwu, Nwoke Ifeoma, Commissioner of Police Anambra State, Ugochukwu Ugbo, the Divisional Police Officer Okpoko and Inspector Chinelo Okechi (I.P.O) as respondents.

The Counsel for the applicant, F.N Asogwa Esq of His Grace Chambers in her application of fundamental rights, had prayed the court for an order for the respondents to pay her client the sum of (N100,000,000) One Hundred Million naira as compensation as well as general damages.

The damages also include violating her fundamental rights to life, dignity of human persons, right to personal liberty, and freedom of movement from June 22, 2022, till June 24, 2022, at Okpoko Police cell in Anambra State.

The applicant also prayed to the court that the respondents should pay N50 million to her client as exemplary damages for “violating, infringing and breaching her client’s fundamental rights to life”.

The counsel also asked that the respondents should be restrained with his privies agents or cohorts from “violating, infringing and breaching her client’s fundamental right to life, the dignity of the human persons, right to personal liberty and freedom of movement as enshrined in Nigeria constitution among other reliefs.”

Delivering judgment on Friday, the Presiding Judge, Justice F. I. Riman, directed the Police, the bank, Nwafor Okechukwu, and Nwoke Ifeoma to pay the nursing mother the sum of N2m.

The Judge also ordered the respondents to pay two hundred thousand naira (N200,000), as exemplary damages for violating, infringing, and breaching the applicant’s fundamental rights from June 22, 2022, to June 24, 2022, at Okpoko Police Station where he was detained.

The court equally granted an injunction restraining the respondents, his privies, agents, or cohorts from violating, infringing, and breaching Chizara’s fundamental rights to life, dignity of human persons, rights to personal liberty, and freedom of movement as enshrined in 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The applicant, Chizara was detained over a loan transaction.

 

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