Counsel Demands ₦100 Million Compensation For Quadri

Counsel to Quadri Yusuf Alabi, Effiong Inibehe, has demanded ₦100 million compensation for the 17-year-old. Naija News reported that Quadri was acquitted of an armed robbery allegation suit on Thursday. In a statement, Inibehe disclosed that the supporter of former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, was freed following legal advice from Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Babajide Martins. He stated that Martins told the presiding magistrate, A.O. Olorunfemi, that there was no evidence that Quadri committed the alleged crime. “At the Court today, the presiding Magistrate, His Honour, A. O. Olorunfemi (Mrs.), confirmed that the legal advice issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), of the Ministry of Justice, Lagos State, Dr. Babajide Martins showed that there was no evidence to substantiate the allegation of armed robbery against Quadri. “In his Legal Advice, the DPP recommended the non-prosecution of Quadri. Thus, the presiding Magistrate discharged him and he was accordingly freed. “We commend the DPP for standing by the truth in this matter,” he said. Inibehe further demanded that Nigeria Police probe all officers involved in Quadri’s incarceration. “We demand that the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, and the Inspector General of Police, should as a matter of urgency, remove the DPO of Amukoko Divisional Headquarters and subject him to orderly room trial along with the IPO, one Inspector Odigbe Samuel, and other officers who participated in this evil, sinister, oppressive, and corrupt scheme of framing-up a teenager for armed robbery at the behest of rogue ‘Area Boys’. “We demand that the Nigeria Police Force should pay the sum of One Hundred Million Naira (₦100,000,000.00) to our client as compensation. “Also, we also demand a public apology from the police. “If the above three remedial demands are not fully complied with immediately, we shall initiate legal actions to seek redress. “Quadri’s case is a painful example of the putrefying corruption, monstrous impunity, and pervasive injustice in the Nigeria Police Force. “There are many Quadris languishing in detention centres across Nigeria because of the unbridled criminality, lawlessness, and lack of accountability in the Police institution and the weakness of the justice system,” he added.