…nullifies banishment of Paramount Ruler of Etung
The judicial panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and Restitution sitting in Calabar, has ordered the Nigerian Police and Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG (rtd) Joseph Mbu to immidiately release corpse of late Ayok Etta, Etta to family of deceased for burial.
The panel also ordered the Rtd. AIG to allow Etung Paramount Ruler, HRH Ntui Atue Dr. Emmanuel Oru Ojong to access his community so that he can spend the Christmas and new year with his kinsmen.
Chairman of the panel, Rtd. Justice Emmanuel Edem gave the orders at the last sitting of the panel for 2020 where where counsels to the petitioner, Fakuta Nachamada & Associates vs Otu Ubangha Ubi Esq. argued on behalf of respondent took place at the conference Hall of the Cross River State Ministry of Justice.