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WOMAN BRUTALIZED BY SOLDIERS SUES THE NIGERIAN ARMY TO COURT.



The lady who was assaulted and extremely harmed by officers in Ikorodu, Lagos State has sued the Nigerian Army and her aggressors. She is, in addition to other things, requesting N250m as harms.
Ruth Orji was purportedly assaulted by troopers appended to 174 Battalion, Ikorodu, around 8:30pm on Sunday.
Pictures of her, demonstrating the wounds she supported have circulated around the web on the online networking, starting shock.
Furthermore, the Joint Legal Action Aids, the rights bunch speaking to her, is idealistic she will get equity in court.
The General Counsel of the JLAA, Kingsley Ughe, affirmed that he documented the case for her benefit at a Federal High Court in Lagos.
"We have today documented a legitimate procedure at the Federal High Court against the Nigerian Army and her aggressors to affirm her privilege and interest for N250m pay," he said.
He included that the case was not the first the JLAA was establishing against the armed force regarding fighters brutalizing regular folks.
"We have a comparable activity as of now against the Nigerian Army on account of Ebere Sandra Ohakwe , the performing artist brutalized and dehumanized by troopers in Port Harcourt," he said.
He communicated the desire that past getting equity for the casualties of military severity, the cases would help check the rising instances of corruption of regular citizens.
He stated, "We are utilizing her case and that of Ebere Ohakwe to make an impression on rebellious components inside the military that the times of exemption and debasements of the Nigerian individuals is over.
"We have a coupling point of reference on account of Rosemary Okeke who endured a comparable destiny and got equity through the court framework.
"We are exceptionally certain of the unassailable way of the cases and the confirmation in that, these two cases will change our lawful scene to the degree that the privileges of the Nigerian will by and by be set on the front burner and the courts will have chance to arbitrate on it."
Whenever reached, the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, said there were a few disciplinary systems in the armed force to manage claimed human rights mishandle, including that the infractions would be explored.

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