The 1st Plaintiff’s case is that on two occasions, she was assaulted and almost
arrested AEPB and police officials on the grounds that she was a prostitute.
The 3rd plaintiff on her part averred that she was on two occasions harassed by
about eight men of the AEPB and the police force wherein they attempted to arrest
her while out with her friends but by the intervention of passersby and her friends
she escaped being arrested.
The 4th Plaintiff averred that she was arrested by about six uniformed armed
police officers on the 8th of march at the kuramo gardens while about to eat with
some friends That after the arrest the officers took her to the Gwarimpa police
station and left her sitting on the cold floor of the premises the whole night until
the next morning. That she was released the next morning without any charges or
given information on the reason for the arrest.
The Plaintiffs further stated that they were neither informed of the reason for their
arrest nor were they charged for any offence subsequently.
The Plaintiffs in the bid to establish their case filed a motion supported by an
affidavit to which they attached witness depositions on oath in evidence of their
averments.
Ugochukwu Njemanze and Eddie Abba in their affidavit stated that they
witnessed the 1st plaintiffs scuffle with the officials of AEPB thus corroborating
1st Plaintiffs’ averments. The 4th Plaintiff stated that she was detained at the
Gwarimpa police station.
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