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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
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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.

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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.

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“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.

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Nathaniel Irobi

Nathaniel Irobi

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