Ecowas court has giving FG 30 days to defend the suit, filed by One Love Foundation and Precious Oruche over police brutality and killings, illegality of Police check points and road blocks, exhortions and Seeks Damages of $500,000 million.
Foremost Human Rights Organisation, One Love Foundation has once again alongside a 2020 #endSARS panel member of Edo state, Miss Precious Oruche dragged the FG to the ECOWAS Court to checkmate and restrain the police from any other further victimization and operating check pionts/illegal road blocks in Nigeria till there are enough guarantee by FG at all roads in Nigeria. In a suit made available to press and lodged before the ecowas court and filed officially on 17th January 2022,the group are seeking for a lot of reliefs and praying the ecowas court to award members of their organisation, reparation in damages in the sum of $500,000 thousand only, to everyone victimized on Nigeria roads by the Nigeria police.As we may recall, sometime ago in a viral video making the rounds on social media, a certain precious oruche, a member of the 2020 Edo state #end sars panel on police brutality , was seen recording in a viral video, reprimanding the police patrol team of mabushi police station under the fct Nigeria police command ,to refrain from acts of illegal checking of her car spare tyres,pigeon holes and other issues not convered and not defined as functions of police under the Nigeria police act 2021.
In the said viral video, the police patrol team of mabushi police station of the Nigeria police force was seen threatening to shoot, assault and maim precious orushe. Furthermore the DPO of FCT Mabushi police station of in concert with the dco of fct mabushi police station, and a certain supritendent of police, SP Busari all jointly of Nigeria Police Force, in a very questionable manner and in a non existing allegations of obstructing police officers ,offering police officers bribe, and other allegations, then on the 11th august 2022, charged miss precious orushe to the fct area court on all the above sundry offences,which court has no jurisdiction in that regard, in other to victimized her for her advocacy and speaking out . From eye witness report, this act by the fct dpo of mabushi police station then of Nigeria police force was done as cover up for the viral video, where the police officers of mabushi police station under the Nigeria police force ,just for them to cover up for there crimes and violations of the fundamental human rights of precious orushe Court proceedings as monitored by concerned civil society members, activist, have it that, miss precious orushe, legally represented in fct area court by abuja based human rights lawyer, Samuel ihensekhien jnr, was granted bail on very liberal terms and the charges later terminated and precious oruche acquitted by the fct area court in a later proceedings on 15th December 2022.
Speaking further then on this, Precious Orushe who narrated what happened in the said viral video, stated that after she refused to debunk and post another telephone recorded video to water down the effects of the viral video of the Mabushi Police patrol team of Nigeria police force assaults on her, the then dpo of mabushi police station, one CSP Abdulmumuni Musa Abubakar and Supritendent Busari with some other police officers in vengeance/retialation of the viral phone video recording by Precious Orushe, stating the condemnable acts of police officers, actually charged her to the fct area court in this regard. She urged Nigerians to keep reporting acts of brutality by police officers, inspite of negative circumstances that always follow same. Speaking on the above case, Human Rights activist , Chief,Dr Patrick eholor who was present in court, noted that the Nigeria police force and their officers have not learn there lessons and that this case filed at ecowas court is to seek checkmate exhortionist move by security agencies and the police on Nigeria highway. He also said by filing this case at ecowas court, same is to seek interpretation by ecowas court, whether road blocks and check pionts itself is not illegal.Chief Patrick eholor also said that That under the Nigeria law of Taxes and Levies Act, Laws of Federation of Nigeria 2004 Section 2 (2) disallows any person, including respondent police officers and agents from mounting a road block in any part of the federation for the purposes of collecting any tax / levy or exhortions, so he then wonders why security personnel exhorts innocent Nigerians and hapless citizens on Nigeria roads, including periodic violations of every Nigeria rights, who wears dread locks ,tattoos, expressive hair cuts, and hence by this suit lodged at ecowas court, a stop will be put to all the above.
Also the ECOWAS court has also by notice of registration served in the AGF of Nigeria, given the fg of Nigeria, thirty days to defend this suit. In notice sighted by press men. A further Glimpse of the suit filed at ECOWAS court, also has some reliefs filed under the ECOWAS fast track and preliminary measure procedure, so that the instant matter is to be heard expeditiously very soon.
Speaking further, Abuja based Lawyer ,
Ihensekhien Samuel Jnr. who is the legal representative of one love foundation, noted that this suit will address police brutality and police check points exhortions in Nigeria.
Source: One Love Foundation
