Adamawa State Police Command has vowed to appeal the judgement of Yola High Court which ordered the Commissioner of Police, Dankombo Morris, to pay the sum of N5million as compensation to Hammadu Musa, who was detained for 5 years without trial.
The court presided by Hon. Justice Benjamin Manji Lawan, also ordered for immediate release of the middle age man accused of kidnapping in Song LGA.
Reacting on the verdict, the police command in statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, said that the command is set to appeal the judgement.
"The said defendant was arrested by vigilante members for alleged kidnapping and handed over to the Police.
"He was thereafter investigated and having established a prima facie case against him, the Police charged him to Court. The Casefile was duplicated and sent to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Ministry of Justice for Legal advice takeover of prosecution accordingly.
"The Command while operating within the context of law with respect to Rule of Law dictates, charged the defendant (suspect) to Court and did not wrongfully detain him in its detention facility as portrayed that would warrant breach of his fundamental human rights.
"It was the Court that remanded the defendant at the Correctional Service Facility here in Yola for the period of the case at hand". SP Nguroje explained.
"The Command therefore, assures members of the public that in synergy with the Ministry of Justice of Adamawa State, appeal against the decision of the State High Court, Yola for review of the decision made by the High Court accordingly, please". SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje explained.
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