• Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Health
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
Friday, May 23, 2025
  • Login
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTER
Elanza News
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Health
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Health
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
Elanza News
Home News

Federal High Court fines DSSS N407m for violating deceased suspect’s rights

Directs release of corpse for burial after 11months

Nathaniel Irobi by Nathaniel Irobi
February 9, 2025
in News
0
Federal High Court fines DSSS N407m for violating deceased suspect’s rights
0
SHARES
6
VIEWS
FacebookTwitterWhatsappEmailTelegram

The long awaited outcome of the case of Salamatu Adamu, the Lafia based house wife, who was arrested by the personnel of the Department of State Security Service (DSSS), and subsequently allegedly tortured and killed in custody, has been put to rest in favoure of the applicants at the Federal High Court I, sitting in Lafia.

Justice Ajiya H. Nganjiwa, who presided over the case, dismissed the preliminary objection of ‘no cause of action’, filed by the DSSS.

RelatedPosts

36 Governors Fail to Reclaim N1.8 Trillion Recovered Funds as Supreme Court Declines Jurisdiction

Justice Must Be Swift, Humane – PPDC Commends Justice Husseini

Southern Kaduna Chiefs Unite for Peace and Progress

In his ruling, the Judge, awarded a cumulative sum of Four Hundred and Seven Million Naira (N407million), on the account of violation of fundamental right of the 45-year Salamatu Adamu.

Justice Nganjiwa, however directed DSSS to release the corpse of the deceased, deposited at the Federal University of Lafia Teaching Hospital, to the family for burial according to the Islamic rite.
He condemned the act of the DSSS personnel against the deceased woman and her family, saying that, nobody or institution is above the constitutional provision in a lively democratic society.

Abubakar Abubakar Dogara, the Counsel to Musa Shittu Mohammed, husband to the deceased woman, thanked the court for the ruling and for grantng all their prayers against the DSSS.

“We are in court upon endorsement of the fundamentals rights of one Salamatu Adamu, who died in the custody of the Department of State Security Service.

ALSO READ:  IBB lauds NIPR management for upholding mission, vision of Institute

“We have filed our processes and the court, in it wisdom asserted that by the outrageous conduct of the respondent (DSSS), have violated the rights of Salamatu Administration, since, of course they can not justify the purpose of her arrest”, Abubakar Dogara said.

He said, we are happy that the court grant all their relief sought, and will continue to fight actions against fundamentals rights.

Abdullazeez Y. Afebwa, the counsel to the DSSS, simply appreciated the court for ruling.

When contact for further comment on the telephone after the judgement, Afebwa, refuse commenting, and rather suggested that, a former request be lodged to his office in that regard.

The DSSS counsel insisted that, for him to say a word, “I have to seek the audience from my office before I can talk to you.

He later said, he will get back to the reporter, “let me discuss with my people that you called, and as at the time of filing this report, there was no response from the counsel Afebwa.

The DSSS had claimed in counter affidavit that, Salamatu Adamu died as a result of sudden dead, with documentary evidence.

The Court, however stroke out all the issues the DSSS brought for determination against the deceased, on account of frivolity.

It will be recalled that, on the November 7, 2023, at about 9am, the deceased mother of two girls and a boy, was arrested at her resident in Tudun Kofa in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.

Salamatu Adamu, was allegedly accused by one Adamu, as one of the accomplices and conspirator to a kidnapped case of a little boy in the area, of which, the DSSS picked and tortured her to death without justification.

ALSO READ:  Christmas: Imbibe Virtues of Christ For better Nigeria —NOA Urge Nigerian

END::::

Nathaniel Irobi

Nathaniel Irobi

Related Posts

36 Governors Fail to Reclaim N1.8 Trillion Recovered Funds as Supreme Court Declines Jurisdiction

36 Governors Fail to Reclaim N1.8 Trillion Recovered Funds as Supreme Court Declines Jurisdiction

by Nathaniel Irobi
May 23, 2025
0

The Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the 36 state governments and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) challenging...

Justice Must Be Swift, Humane – PPDC Commends Justice Husseini

Justice Must Be Swift, Humane – PPDC Commends Justice Husseini

by Ojimaojo Abubakar
May 23, 2025
0

The Executive Director and CEO of the Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC), Lucy James Abagi, has hailed the Chief...

Southern Kaduna Chiefs Unite for Peace and Progress

Southern Kaduna Chiefs Unite for Peace and Progress

by Ojimaojo Abubakar
May 23, 2025
0

In a powerful show of unity, traditional rulers from Southern Kaduna gathered in Kafanchan on Wednesday for an unprecedented meeting...

Recommended

Southern Kaduna Chiefs Unite for Peace and Progress

Southern Kaduna Chiefs Unite for Peace and Progress

9 hours ago
Tragic Collapse in Lagos: One Fatality and Three Rescued from Two-Storey Building

Tragic Collapse in Lagos: One Fatality and Three Rescued from Two-Storey Building

4 days ago

Popular News

  • Environment Minister’s Scholarship Beneficiary Tops 2025 UTME In Northern Nigeria With 345 Score

    Environment Minister’s Scholarship Beneficiary Tops 2025 UTME In Northern Nigeria With 345 Score

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Abuja Estate Firm Announces Customer Loyalty Rewards

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Christian Group Seeks Reversal of NBAIS Certificate Recognition

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Association Hails Works Minister, Urges Re-award Of Abandoned Road Projects

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Middle Belt Calls for Restoring Justice in Kaduna, Reversing El-Rufai’s Divisive Policies

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

Connect with us

Facebook Instagram Twitter Youtube
Elanza logo

Elanza News is your NO 1 online platform for all news update.
#SayNoToFakeNews
Contact Us

Category

  • Arts & Literature (25)
  • Business (712)
  • Education (213)
  • Entertainment (306)
  • Health (183)
  • National (2,038)
  • News (7,642)
  • Opinion (281)
  • Politics (1,554)
  • Science (15)
  • Security (403)
  • Sports (413)

Newsletter

© 2023 Elanza News - The No 1 online news platform

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Science
  • National
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Health

© 2023 Elanza News - The No 1 online news platform