CITIZENS COMPASS– A Lagos High Court, sitting in Yaba, has fixed October 21, for definite hearing of a suit over alleged killing of four traders in Ladipo market, by some Policemen.
The matter was before Justice O. Sule-Amzat, filed by a human rights activist, Mr. Akaraka Chinwe Ezeonara,
The traders: Anthony Ezenwafor, Chukwuemeka Ezeofor, Izuchukwu Ezeama, and Aloysius Osigwe were allegedly killed by the police on July 21, 2001.
The plaintiffs: Ezeonara; Chris Okpara; Remigus Ezenwane and Ifeanyi Okoye had on March 27, 2014, instituted a N4 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit against Inspector-General of Police (IGP), a former Lagos Commissioner of Police and Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Marvelous Akpoyibo (retired), Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Attorney-General of Lagos State, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State and Divisional Police Officer, Aguda for alleged extra-judicial killing of four Ladipo market traders.
The traders: Anthony Ezenwafor, Chukwuemeka Ezeofor, Izuchukwu Ezeama, and Aloysius Osigwe were allegedly killed by the police on July 21, 2001
At the resumed hearing of the case, the claimants’ counsel, Modupe Omo-Ekpadi from Falana and Falana Chambers, informed the court that all the respondents have been served the hearing notice, but expressed surprise that they were not in court.
The judge had sometime in June ordered that hearing notice be issued to the Nigeria Police and other respondents, before fixing September 27 for hearing, but the matter could not go on due to the new legal year activities.
Following the absence of all the respondents’ counsel in court, Justice Sule- Amzat, ordered that definite hearing notice be issued to them and subsequently adjourned to October 31, 2022.
It will be recalled that the case file was returned from the Court of Appeal for High Court to hear the suit denovo (afresh)
The appellate court had ordered in a judgment that the High Court should hear the suit following the dismissal of the suit by Justice Oyindamola Ogala
