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The law stood for a lady in Osun state Tuesday as the court ordered the police to pay her compensation for battery by a police officer
It will be recalled that the lady, Tola Azeez ,was whipped mercilessly by policemen in Iwo, Osun during the coronavirus lockdown.
Justice Ayo Emmanuel of a federal high court Oshogbo on Monday, ordered the police to pay her over the brutality she suffered.
In her remark after the judgement, the lady Tola declared, “You all stood for me, you all stood by me. I am grateful. It is not over until it is over. The fight against brutality of all forms have just began.”
There had been outrage over the manner she was beaten by about three policemen during the lockdown.
She later approached the court over violation of her rights.
