Family demands N.5bn compensation over slain member

By Muhammad Tanko Shittu
Jos

Family of the late victim of the men of Nigeria Customs Service has petitioned the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service over an alleged extra-judicial killing.
The family, through their counsel, Barrister Akib Idris, in the petition, is demanding for a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances that led to the killing of their son Salisu Badamasi, who was alleged to having being killed by the men of Ogun state command of Customs Service at Ogere on January 15, this year.

According to the petition dated 18/03/2016, the Customs men “unjustifiably, after collecting N400, 000 from his client over goods they had earlier seized, molested the traders coming from Lagos to Jos.”
It said besides Salisu Badamasi, his co-traveller, Adamu Sani, was also wouded.
The petitioners said the conduct of the Customs men was a flagrant violation of the fundamental rights of the two persons.
They are also demanding “punishment for those officers that participated in the act, restrained the officers from further harassing, arresting and forceful extortion of money and co-occurrence of extra-judicial killings, without any legal justification.”
The families further demanded payment of the sum of N500 million as compensation to the families of Salisu Badamasi and Adamu Sani, “whose innocent blood is crying for justice.”

The petitioners are also of the demand that the Comptroller General should direct the refund of four N400, 000 earlier extorted by men of the Custom Services to publish an unreserved public apology in at least two national dailies.”
They also threatened to pursue legal redress at the end two weeks’ ultimatum for the Customs to comply.
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