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Alleged Torture: Rivers Broadcaster Sues Police, Demands N650m Compensation

  • Date of Occurrence
    June 4, 2019
  • State/Country
    Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
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A journalist with the Port Harcourt-based Nigeria Info radio station, Mr Koffi Bartels, has dragged the Nigeria Police to court seeking the sum of N650m as punitive and exemplary damages. Bartels was on June 4, 2019, rushed to hospital after he was allegedly tortured and brutalised by personnel of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Rivers State.

The journalist said he suffered a swollen knee after he was hit several times with wooden bars, while trying to take photographs of the harassment of a boy by the SARS officers at Mgbuoba in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state.

Details
  • State/Country
    Port Harcourt
  • Perpetrator
    The Nigerian Police
  • Source
    https://punchng.com/alleged-torture-rivers-broadcaster-sues-police-demands-n650m/
Location
  • Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

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Region
  • South South
Rights & Freedom Violated
  • Press Freedom
Gender of Victim(s)
  • Male
Mode of Attacks
  • Unlawful Killings, Physical Attacks, Torture, Degrading Treatment

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