The Nigeria Police is to pay N5 million as compensation to a man detained illegally for five years without trial.
This followed the judgement of an Adamawa State High Court which sat in Yola on Wednesday.
The court ordered the immediate and unconditional release of the man, Hammadu Musa.
The presiding judge, Justice Benjamin Manji Lawan, declared that the detention of Hammadu Musa from 2019 till date by the state Police Command is unconstitutional.
The court held that the detention of Hammadu for over five years without being arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction is a gross violation of fundamental human right to fair hearing and liberty guaranteed by the constitution.
It was learnt that Hammadu was arrested in 2019 by the vigilante in Song Local Government Area over alleged kidnapping and later handed over to the police in Song.
The case was moved to the state police headquarters in Yola, and the man was later detained at the Jimeta Correctional Centre.
Meanwhile, the man has been in detention since then without due attempt by the police to investigate and charge him in court if necessary.
