Jos Based Miners Drag IGP Before Jos High Court Claiming Ten Billion naira Compensation Over Unlawful Arrest, Detention

Two Jos Based Miners Moses Pam Dalyop and Abdulmumuni have dragged Inspector General of Police before a Jos high court demanding the sum of ten billion naira(10,000,000 000.00) only as compensation for their unlawful arrest , assault, torture, detention, embarrassment,, harassment, pain and inconveniences caused to them for a period of two days and still counting for no just cause…..CONTINUE READING...CONTINUE READING

Others dragged before the same court alongside IGP are the Nigeria Police Force ,DCP Olatunji Disu, Officer in charge of Police intelligence Response Team, Chuangyue Industrial Nig limited and Chen Taohong.

In the suit filled at Jos high court on their behalf by their counsel Gyang Zi Esq, RT Yilwatda Esq, GT Gontur of Gyang Zi &co Knight Firm which was made available to Daily Independent, the applicants, requested from the court an order declaring the arrest, humiliation, embarrassment, harassment, torture and detention of their clients from the 14th of march 2023 to 15th march this month and still counting as illegal, unlawful and unconditional.

They also requested from the court an order of perpetual injunction restraining the respondents either by themselves, servants, previews or officers from further arresting, torturing , humiliating, harassing, threatening and or further torturing or detaining their clients in connection with this case

They also demanded an order directing the respondents to release their clients from their
im custody forth with.

The grounds upon which the reliefs were sought was that the two business men were arrested on the 13th and 14th of this month by men of the police force intelligence unit and were taken to A Division Police station Jos and later moved to FCT Abuja and detained in the custody of DCP Olatunji Disu Officer in charge of Police Intelligence Response Team.

The two business men were arrested based on the complaint of the Chuangyue Industrial Nig LTD and Chen Taohong to the Police Intelligence Response Team IRT.

Counsel to the complainants Gyang Zi who filled the suit at the Jos high court, describes the conduct of the respondents against his clients as a violation of the provision of chapter IV of the constitution of the federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended.

Gyang Zi argued that the detention of his clients has violated their fundamental rights before the eyes of the law.

Daily Independent gathered that Ellipse Industries Limited and Chuangyue Industrial Nig LTD and Chen Taohong had joint venture agreement which Ellipse Industries Limited is entitled to thirty percent of mined products while Chuangyue Industrial Nig LTD is entitled to 70 percent, but the venture agreement between the parties in dispute later became a subject of misunderstanding leading to the 4th and 5th defendants business partners engaging the men of the Nigeria Police to arrest and detain the applicants.