Lekki Bank Robbery Suspect Sues Police For N1m

One of the four suspects paraded by the police in
connection with the March 12, 2015 robbery of the
Lekki branch of First City Monument Bank, Ebi Tosan, has sued the police. He is seeking N1m as damages.
The 20-year-old, who was arrested on April 5, 2015,
claimed that it was unlawful for the police to continue to keep him in detention without admitting him to bail.
Tosan, who was paraded by the police along with
three others – Duke Odogbo, 38; Lawrence Kingsley, 31; and Ekelemo Kuete, 30 – is seeking an order directing the police to immediately release him on bail.
The suspect's lawyer, Chief S.W. Baidi, argued that the suspect's continued detention without bail was an "infringement and curtailment of the applicant's constitutional right to personal liberty, freedom of movement and presumption of innocence."
Tosan is seeking a declaration that his arrest, torture and continued detention by the State Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja, without bail was a violation of his human rights, preserved by sections 34(1)(a), 35(1)(4) and Section 41 of the 1999 constitution. In a 26-paragraph affidavit filed in support of the originating summons, one Tamuno Amos, who described himself as the suspect's uncle, said that his nephew's continued detention by the police was a deliberate act to "extract a confessional statement from him on the alleged offence."
Amos, who said he had not been allowed to see his nephew since his arrest, claimed that "the applicant is suffering on daily basis without access to food, bath and other conveniences and he may die in custody if not granted bail."
The suspect had on July 9 secured an order of Justice Lateefa Okunnu of a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, directing the police to produce him in court on July 16.
On Thursday, however, when the matter came up, the police did not bring the suspect to court and his originating summons slated for hearing could not be heard.
Okunnu, while adjourning hearing of the application till October 22, however, ordered that the Lagos State Attorney General should be joined as a respondent.
She added that if there was any urgency, the
applicant could appear before October 22 before
another judge who would be sitting during the court's annual vacation, which begins next week.
The original respondents in the suit are the Lagos
State Commissioner of Police and the Head of SARS, Ikeja, Abba Kyari.
In the said robbery on Admiralty Way, Lekki, Lagos, a gang of armed robbers, which Tosan and others allegedly belonged to, reportedly stormed FCMB in the afternoon of March 12, wearing military uniform and engaged the police in a gun battle before carting away about N15m from the bank. About five persons, including three policemen and a fish hawker, were reportedly killed while several others sustained injuries during the shooting spree said to have lasted about 30 minutes.



Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

PEAR

What's New and Beneficial About Pears For nutritional reasons, we're often advised to consume the skins of fruits. However, it's less often that research provides strong evidence in support of this advice. Recent studies have shown that the skin of pears contains at least three to four times as many phenolic phytonutrients as the flesh. These phytonutrients include antioxidant, anti-inflammatory flavonoids, and potentially anti-cancer phytonutrients like cinnamic acids. The skin of the pear has also been show to contain about half of the pear's total dietary fiber. In recent studies measuring risk of type 2 diabetes in U.S. women, pears have earned very special recognition. Researchers now know that certain flavonoids in food can improve insulin sensitivity, and of special interest in this area have been three groups of flavonoids (flavonols, flavan-3-ols, and anthocyanins). All pears contain flavonoids falling within the first two groups, and red-skinned pe
Read more

Aubauf Method - Building Up

Image
Atoms Are Built Up by Adding Electrons Although the nucleus of an atom is very dense, the electrons around it can take on a variety of positions which can be summarized as an electron configuration. An element's electron configuration can be represented using energy level diagrams, or Aufbau diagrams. The Aufbau principle (from the German Aufbau meaning "building up, construction") describes a model-building method in which an atom is "built up" by progressively adding electrons. As electrons are added, they assume the most stable shells with respect to the nucleus and the electrons already present. Filling in an Aufbau Diagram The order in which orbitals are filled is given by the Madelung rule. The rule is based on the total number of nodes in the atomic orbital, n + ℓ, which is related to the energy. In this context, n represents the principal quantum number and ℓ represents the azimuthal quantum number. The values ℓ = 0, 1, 2, 3 correspo
Read more
Image
Building Self-Confidence Preparing Yourself for Success! Learn how to become more self-confident with James Manktelow and Amy Carlson. From the quietly confident doctor whose advice we rely on, to the charismatic confidence of an inspiring speaker, self-confident people have qualities that everyone admires. Self-confidence is extremely important in almost every aspect of our lives, yet so many people struggle to find it. Sadly, this can be a vicious circle: people who lack self-confidence can find it difficult to become successful. After all, most people are reluctant to back a project that's being pitched by someone who was nervous, fumbling, and overly apologetic. On the other hand, you might be persuaded by someone who speaks clearly, who holds his or her head high, who answers questions assuredly, and who readily admits when he or she does not know something. Confident people inspire confidence in others: their audience, their peers, their bosses, their customers, and
Read more