N10million fine : Lawyer urges Army Chief to respect court order
He explained that Omoyele was trying to obtain evidence of assault on a client who had earlier been detained in the military cell, when the two soldiers pounced on him. Temokun said that trouble started when Omoyele invited a photographer to snap his unlawfully detained client who had sustained a severe head injury after being beaten and assaulted with a broken bottle by the said officers.
BEFORE HIS LORDSHIP HON. JUSTICE B. B. KANYIP
DATE: August 12, 2011 SUIT NO. NIC/LA/71/2011 BETWEEN AND REPRESENTATION, for the applicants., for the
BREAKING: Court orders Army to pay N10m for assaulting lawyer
A Federal High Court sitting in sitting in Akure, the Ondo State Capital has awarded
IN THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT OF NIGERIA
HOLDEN AT LAGOS
BEFORE HIS LORDSHIP: HON. JUSTICE K. I. AMADI
BETWEEN COMRADE ADEWALE ADELANA CLAIMANT AND EL-ALAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY NIGERIA LIMITED ………..DEFENDANT REPRESENTATION: Tope Temokun
OPINION: POLICE BRUTALITY IN LAGOS!
The law says “bail” is free, the DPO hangs the inscription on all the walls of the police station, but under his thorough supervision, his subordinates demand money from both the lawyer and his client with the same degree of assertiveness, in this clime, with which a lawful right is exercised.