Information was received of late Ikyase Chia’s presence in town, later he was
apprehended by the operation zenda team. On taking him to the police station, the
deceased jumped down from a moving patrol vehicle in a quick effort to escape
custody and as a result, he was shot on his left leg, re-arrested.
That the late Ikase Chia was bought to the Police Headquarters and immediately
taken to the clinic for treatment. While receiving treatment, he died and the doctors
on duty certified him dead.
That the leader of the said operation zenda, made statement to the police on the
incident that culminated to the death of Ikyase chia and subsequently, investigation
of the matter was further transferred from the division headquarters Konshisha local
government to Inspector Benjamin Yankyaa of state CID, police headquarters.The Defendant denies paragraphs 26, 27, 28 to 37 of the Plaintiffs’ statement of facts
and further states that the late Ikyase Chia was never a trader, nor a businessman,
nor a community leader, nor a respected member of his community, nor the secretary
of his ward party. Late Ikyase was only a notorious robber, a bandit and a disdain.
The Defendants further aver that the 1st Defendant, in collaboration with its 36 States
and its Federal Capital Territory Administration, offer freed basic education to all
Nigerian Citizens, including the children of late Ikyase Chia. Their respective rights
to education are specifically protected and are still provided. Following the joinder
of issues, the following calls for deternination:
ISSUES FOR DETERMINATION
1. WHETHER THE 1ST DEFENDANT IS A PROPER PARTY IN THIS SUIT
2. WHETHER FROM THE TOTALITY OF EVIDENCE ADDUCED, THE
DEFENDANT IS IN VIOLATION OF THE PLAINTIFFS’ RIGHTS AS
ALLEGED
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