The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, sitting at Apo, Abuja, per Hon. Justice U.P Kekemeke, on the 4th day of October, 2012 handed down judgment in favour of Desmond Utomwen of TheNews Magazine and member of Nigerian Union of Journalists to the tune of N100,000,000.00 (One Hundred Million Naira) in damages.
This judgment came after a long legal tussle between Desmond Utomwen, on the one side, and Guaranty Trust Bank and Nigeria Police Force, on the other side.
Nigerians will recall that at mid-day of Friday, December 11, 2009, men of the Nigerian Police Force in collaboration with staff of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc brutalized and beat to a pulp a Senior Correspondence of TheNews Magazine, Desmond Utomwen, while trying to cover a protest at Area 3, Abuja, over the massive fraudulent withdrawals via ATM said to have been made by the Bank officials.
I guess desmond is satisfied with the verdict.
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