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Nigeria: Group Seeks Justice for Boy, 7
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This Day (Lagos)
16 May 2008
Posted to the web 16 May 2008
Mohammed Aminu
Sokoto
Human Rights Monitor, a non-governmental organization based in Kaduna has sought from Sokoto State High Court an order granting it leave to apply for an Order of Mandamus in a case involving a 7-year old Umar Mamman, whose eyes were removed in Luggu village in Wamakko Local Government of Sokoto state in 2006.
The eyes of the seven year old boy was said to have been removed by one Isa Bello and Jamilu Nasiru for fetish purposes.
In a 30-paragraph affidavit deposed to by one Dr Hussaini Mango, the organisation averred that in the course of the proceedings, the culprits alleged that they were contracted to commit the offence by Alhaji Umaru Kwabo and that they brought this fact to the knowledge of the Commissioner of Police who advised them not to reveal same to anybody and that they were going to be released and compensated.
According to the applicants, it was found out in the course of their interview with the convicts that one Alhaji Umaru Kwabo contracted them to procure charms for disappearance, promising them the sum of N500,000 and a Honda Civic car.
They lamented that the Sokoto state Commissioner of Justice, despite their letter inviting him to prosecute those mentioned in the matter has not deemed it necessary to order the reinvestigation of the above mentioned case in view of the new facts and revelations made in the course of the civil proceedings.
It could be recalled that the case had earlier been tried by a Magistrate Court II Sokoto and the trio of Isah Bello, Jamilu Nasiru and Mallam Yawale Muhammadu, were convicted on a two-count charge of conspiracy and causing grievous hurt.
The sentence of 5 years imprisonment was passed by a Chief Magistrate on June 4 2007. However, not satisfied with the sentence , the victim, Umaru Mamman instituted a fresh case at the Wamakko Lower Sharia Court praying the court the culprits to pay compensation (diyya) for his two eyes, which they conspired to remove. The Sharia Court ordered the trio to pay diyya to the victim to the tune of N11, 160,000.00.
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The fresh application for the Order of Mandamus sought by the NGO is demanding that a prima facie case be made out against those mentioned by the convicted culprits in the offence.
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