A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan yesterday fixed hearing in the case instituted by Mrs. Titilayo Joseph (nee Adegbeha) and Mr. Oluyemi Samuel Adegbeha, against the Inspector General of Police, the Oyo State Commissioner of Police and three others to June 25.
In the suit number FHC/ IB/CS/30/13 instituted by Mr. Tunde Olupona, the two applicants want the court presided over by Justice Abimbola Adejumo-Obaseki to order the IG and five others to pay N500 million, jointly and severally for the killing of their brother, Adesola Adegbeha, on January 8 allegedly by a policeman at Mokola, Ibadan less than two months to his wedding.
Others sued alongside the IG and the commissioner, are Corporal Ekundayo Julius, other unknown policemen, and the Attorney- General of the Federation.
In the originating motion on notice brought pursuant to Order 2, Rules 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the Fundamental Human Rights (Enforcement Procedure), the applicants want the court to declare that the acts of the respondents and their agents in recklessly and maliciously shooting their brother, thereby occasioning his death, were a violation of his fundamental right to life as guaranteed under Section 33 of the constitution, Articles 2 and 4 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act 2004 and other International Instruments on Human Rights.
Other demand include a declaration that every person in Nigeria has a right to life as guaranteed by Section 33 of the constitution and Article 4 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights.
The first applicant in her affidavit in support, said at the time Adesola was killed, his marriage was already fixed for March 16, while his Ameriacn-based fiancée, Arinola, was to arrive Nigeria for the introduction and engagement which was fixed for March 2.
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