Court order

BAUCHI – A Bauchi High Court has awarded N1.2 million damages to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Bauchi State Police Commissioner for the Illegal detention and breach of the fundamental rights of a Bauchi based politician, Nasiru Ibrahim Darazo.
Justice Gurama Mahmoud who presided over the court in his ruling on Thursday stated that the arrest and detention of Nasiru Ibrahim Darazo was unconstitutional and an infringement on his human rights as a citizen of the country.
The court further restrained the IGP and his agents from proceeding further with the arrest and detention of the applicant.
Reacting to the ruling, Summi Zakka Bayero, Counsel to Nasiru Ibrahim Darazo, declared that the court is the last resort and hope of the common man, adding that the ruling was also a testimony that those in authority cannot misuse their authority and go scot-free.
Bayero had prayed the court to enforce the ruling in order to serve as a relief to his client who has suffered mental and emotional tortures by the acts of the respondents.
It would be recalled that Nasiru Ibrahim Darazo had sometime in 2018 sued the Inspector-General of Police and the state Commissioner of Police before the state High Court demanding N50 million as damages over alleged illegal detention and violation of his human right.