Ex-Finance Minister Usman Demands ₦5bn Compensation For Niece’s Killing

A former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman on Monday
asked for ₦5 billion from the police over the killing of her niece
in October 2018.

Usman, who is a joint petitioner in the case of alleged
extra-judicial killing, told the National Human Rights Commission
Independent Investigative Panel that her niece was murdered
extra-judicially by a police officer in the Katampe area of
Abuja.

Lawyer to the police, James Idachaba, however, argued that the
police have played its part by dismissing the said officer and
ensuring his eventual conviction by an Abuja High Court which
sentenced him to sixteen years imprisonment.

Another petitioner also told the panel how he paid ₦2 million to
secure his freedom after the police allegedly withdrew ₦1.4 million
while he was in detention.

After listening to the petitions, the panel adjourned the
hearing of the petition by the ex-minister indefinitely.

A former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman on Monday
asked for ₦5 billion from the police over the killing of her niece
in October 2018.

Usman, who is a joint petitioner in the case of alleged
extra-judicial killing, told the National Human Rights Commission
Independent Investigative Panel that her niece was murdered
extra-judicially by a police officer in the Katampe area of
Abuja.

Lawyer to the police, James Idachaba, however, argued that the
police have played its part by dismissing the said officer and
ensuring his eventual conviction by an Abuja High Court which
sentenced him to sixteen years imprisonment.

Another petitioner also told the panel how he paid ₦2 million to
secure his freedom after the police allegedly withdrew ₦1.4 million
while he was in detention.

After listening to the petitions, the panel adjourned the
hearing of the petition by the ex-minister indefinitely.