Onyekachi Mba was beaten and shot by police security personnel at the Government House, Calabar, on 1 August 2025.
A Federal High Court in Calabar has awarded N100 million in damages against the Nigeria Police Force and other respondents over the torture and killing of a 22-year-old man, Onyekachi Mba.
Mr Mba was beaten and shot by police security personnel at the Government House, Calabar, Cross River State, on 1 August 2025. The incident happened in front of the governor’s residence after Mr Mba insisted on seeing the governor to deliver what he described as a message from God.
He later died at the Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital, Calabar, from injuries sustained during the assault and shooting.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu delivered the judgement on Thursday in a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the applicant and the deceased’s mother, Victoria Mba, through her counsel, Roland Ndubuka.
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