Court awards N12m damages against police for abduction of Nigerian journalist

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Key context: <img width="1200" height="720" src="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/court.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/court.jpg 1200w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/court-300x180.jpg 300w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/court-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/court-1000x600.jpg 1000w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/court-590x354.jpg 590w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/court-400x240.jpg 400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><p>A Federal Capital Territory High Court, presided over by Justice Bello Kawu, has ordered the Nigeria Police Force to pay N12 million (twelve million naira) in damages for the abduction and unlawful detention of Kasarahchi Aniagolu, a journalist with the online newspaper,&#160;The Whistler. In a statement issued by the newspaper on&#160;Friday, Ms Aniagolu was arrested, [&#8230;]</p> <p><a href="https://dailypost.ng/2026/07/31/court-awards-n12m-damages-against-police-for-abduction-of-nigerian-journalist/">Court awards N12m damages against police for abduction of Nigerian journalist</a></p> This development from dailypost.ng highlights ongoing changes in the sector.