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unlawful detention

January 17, 2024

Court orders IGP to pay N100 million to widow over husband’s death in police custody

He said the deceased had a fundamental right to life guaranteed and enforceable under the laws.

Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun (Credit: @policeng)
January 15, 2024

752 rights violation complaints received in Plateau: NHRC

“One thousand fifty-three persons were affected, including 166 women and 463 children,” said an NHRC coordinator.

September 20, 2022

Lagos police launch investigation into alleged violence against family, their 11-month-old baby by its officers

A woman said she and her husband, his siblings, their children, including an 11-month-old baby, were assaulted and illegally detained by officers of the Igando division.

SP Benjamin Hundeyin