An Abuja Federal High Court has awarded the sum of fifteen million naira against the Nigerian police over the alleged killings of three members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN).
Delivering judgment in a human right suit, Justice Taiwo Taiwo, said each of the applicants must be paid a sum of N5 million as compensation for the killings
He also ordered the National Hospital, Abuja, to immediately release corpses of the sect’s member in its morgue.
The prayer that the Nigerian police should tender an apology in two National Newspapers was however not granted by the court.
Suleiman Shehu, Mahdi Musa, Bilyaminu Abubakar Faska and Askari Hassan were alleged to have been killed by agents of the Nigerian police on July 22, 2019 while on a peaceful protest to demand for the freedom of their Islamic Leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja.
While the bodies of Suleiman Shehu, Mahdi Musa and Bilyaminu Abubakar Faska were alleged to have been deposited at National Hospital, Abuja, the body of Askari Hassan was alleged to have been kept in Asokoro District Hospital.
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The applicants, are brothers of the deceased in the suit, Ibrahim Abdullahi, Ahmad Musa, Yusuf Faska and Said Haruna respectively.
