Man demands 8 million naira compensation over police torture

A man, Nwaokoro Nicholas, has alleged that he lost his sight 11 years ago, after operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad beat him to pulp near the Olu Obasanjo police station in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.

Nicholas testified before the Justice Chukwunenye Uriri retired led Rivers state judicial commission of inquiry into police brutality and related offences.

He said trouble started when he packed his bus behind a SARS operational vehicle at the police station.

Nicholas demanded N8m as compensation to enable him to go for further treatment.