They were heavily armed and fired several shots into the building without
any warning or regard to the standard rules of engagement.
At the time of the raid, the victims who were deep asleep were awakened
by the gunshots and they ran for their life. The deceased Applicants and the
living 2nd -12th Applicants have been occupying this premises and have been
paying N200 (two hundred naira) to the security guard of the premises.
After the operations, the Security agents of the Defendant knew that some
Civilians had been injured, left the scene, abandoned the Applicants who
were bleeding profusely without medical aid. Seven of the victims bled to
death, while 2nd
to 12th Applicants, who suffered gun-shot wounds,
survived till 8.00am. When members of the Nigerian Police Force and
Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps came around 8.00an and
evacuated them (both the dead and injured) to the Asokoro General
Hospital, one of the victims, Nasiru Adamu later died at the hospital on
23/09/2013 as a result of the gunshot injuries he sustained.
The Applicants specifically alleged circumstances culminating in the
violation of the Applicants’ rights as follows:
a. The agents of the Defendant did not enter the building but shot from
outside, without provocation.
b. The Applicants, out of fear, ran out of the building unarmed and were
shot individually.
c. The agents of the Defendant were directing at them when they had ran
outside the building. The said agents left the Applicant’s in the pool of
their own blood without first aid or medical attention.
d. No weapons were found on the premises when the Applicants were shot.
e. No search was conducted in the premises prior to the shooting or after
wards and no attempt has been made up to the time of initiating this
proceeding to recover any weapon allegedly buried by the Boko Haram
Terrorist group. No Weapon was also recovered anywhere in connection
with the Applicants.
Following the death and injury caused by the Defendant, the Applicants
(the 1st Applicant suing for and on behalf of the families of the deceased
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