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UK Court Awards Ibori £1 Damages For Unlawful Detention

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   Former Delta State governor, Mr. James Ibori, on Monday, won a  United Kingdom High Court declaration that he was unlawfully detained, with the court awarding a derisory £1 in damages.  Mr. Ibori, who left the United Kingdom on 3 February after completing his prison for sentence for corruption-related crimes. On departure, he launched his claim for damages for false imprisonment and breach of his rights under the 1998 Human Rights. The ex-convict demanded £4,000 in damages for being detained by United Kingdom Home Secretary, Amber Rudd. Former Delta State governor, Mr. James Ibori, on Monday, won a  United Kingdom High Court declaration that he was unlawfully detained, with the court awarding a derisory £1 in damages. Mr. Ibori, who left the United Kingdom on 3 February after completing his prison for sentence for corruption-related crimes. On departure, he launched his claim for damages for false imprisonment and breach of his rights under the 1998 Human Rights. The ex-con

Army shoot an Edo youth in a peaceful protest over Fulani Herdsmen’s killing of Ewu women

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  Mr Ehimen Abuya, one of the youths in the peaceful protest today in Ewu, Edo State over the Fulani Herdsmen’s raping and killing of two women in the community Monday, has been shot in the leg and rushed to Irrua Specialists Teaching Hospital, Irrua. Mr Abuya was allegedly shot in the thigh by suspected northern military officer during the peaceful protest in Ewu this morning. According to Hon Peter Oboh from Idunwele-Ewu and Pastor Ken Isesele of Uzogholo-Ewu, the protest was peaceful and not violent, only that they blocked the highway, which is their village junction for a while to draw general attention to the evil that the Fulani Herdsmen had perpetrated in their community. Mr Ehimen Abuya is a member of Ewu Renaissance Initiative (ERI), a community development organisation founded by Ewu youths at home and in the diaspora to defend the interests of Ewu. He was shot in the leg and is in critical condition at the hospital. According to one of the doctors treating the patie