The case was decided by a three-judge panel led
by Judge Friday Chijioke Nwoke. According
to the ruling, Nigeria was found liable for the
“barbaric, illegal and unconstitutional” deaths and injuries of Boko Haram
members.
The court ordered the government to pay a compensation
of $200,000 to the families of each man killed and $150,000 to each of those
wounded. Soldiers and Secret Service Agents killed eight
Boko Haram members and wounding 11 others in Abuja on September 20 the, 2013.
The Nigerian army and Department of Security Services had opined that troops fired in self-defense on an alleged group of Boko Haram extremists.
The Nigerian army and Department of Security Services had opined that troops fired in self-defense on an alleged group of Boko Haram extremists.
Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission investigated
the shootings and also ordered the government to pay victims compensation, which
never has been paid. The incident occurred in the Apo suburb of Abuja were Boko
Haram members were squatting in an unfinished building.
At the time, the military did not respond to media
reports suggesting the raid was requested by a retired army officer who owned
the building and wanted the squatters out.
The court case, brought by a nonprofit representing
the victims, is the latest blow against Nigeria’s security forces.
Amnesty International has accused the army of
being responsible for the deaths of some 8,000 civilian detainees in its fight
against the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast, ABC reports.
In December, the military gunned down hundreds of
Shiites over three days in the northern town of Zaria, and this year it has been
accused of killing an unknown number of civilians in a crackdown on militants operating in the
oil-producing south.
I wonder why the Government or the Court has to
bring forth such verdict, this people are people that has taken countless
numbers of lives and coursed a lot of damages to the country.
Thou the levee is yet to be paid, in-case if it
should finally be paid, will it be for the betterment of the country to compensate
people for their criminal activities? This is a very good question the Court
should ask themselves.
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