Tina Amanda
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ruled in favour of the three thousand, nine hundred and ninety-eight (3998) shortlisted applicants for the Rivers State Neighbourhood Safety Corps Agency against the Nigerian Army and Chief of Defence Staff.
Recall that the three thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight (3998) shortlisted applicants had sought the leave of court on the breach of their fundamental human right by the Nigerian Army, who invaded their training camp at Nonwa in Tai local government area of the state and disrupted the training exercise on November 2018, leaving many wounded.
The applicants also sort the leave of court to compel the Defendants to pay the sum of twenty billion (20,000,000,000) naira as damages.
In his ruling, Justice S.C Amadi, ruled that the screening and training exercise of the applicants is constitutional, stressing that they are not illegal militias or terrorists as purported by the Nigerian Army in a press statement.
Justice Amadi ruled that the shortlisted applicants can continue with their screening and training exercise.
The Judge ruled that the actions of the Nigerian Army by invading the training camp is unlawful and against the fundamental right
