The Nigerian federal government has actually been ordered to pay N30 million to the household of a 35-year-old man, Solomon Andy killed by a Nigerian soldier.

The order was offered by the Economic Community of West African States Court sitting in Abuja.

Remember that Solomon Andy was declared to have actually been killed by a soldier connected to the Command Secondary School, Kaduna, on June 9, 2017.

The deceased was stated to have actually been shot while shovelling sand from a rain gutter on the day he was eliminated.

The representative for the 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Colonel Kingsley Umoh, who had actually confirmed the incident stated the matter was investigated.

Justice Keikura Bangura, who read the ECOWAS Court’s judgement on Tuesday after investigations and court processes promoted the arguments of Gloria Ballason, counsel for the mother of the departed, Mrs Helen Joshua.

The Court declared as unlawful, cruel and breaking down the killing and confiscation of Andy’s remains by the Nigerian Army.

The Court mentioned the African Charter of Human and Peoples’ Rights, which mandated member states to secure the sanctity and dignity of every life, affirmed that the Federal Government stopped working to promote its obligations under Articles 1, 4, 5 and 12.

The Court bought Maimuna Shiru, who represented the federal government to pay N25m to Mrs Helen for the wrongful killing of her kid.

The federal government, according to the Court is to also pay N5m as the expense of burial and to immediately launch the body of the deceased.

Gloria Ballason, reacting to the judgment, hailed the Court for promoting justice, thinking that the judgment would go a long way in strengthening the value of a life in the nation.

She discussed that previous to filing the matter at the ECOWAS Court, they had in October 2017, appeared prior to the Presidential Panel on Human Rights set up by the Federal Government, worrying that till date, the Federal Government has sat on its report and not done anything.

According to her, “The journey may be long and hard with challenges, but if we do not quit, we shall win over the forces of injustice and reinforce the truism that every life matters.”

ToriNG