A police sergeant, Ruya Auta, has been sentenced to death for the shooting of 20-year-old University of Jos student, Rinji “Bobo” Bala.
The verdict, delivered five years after the incident, was handed down by the Plateau State Chief Judge. David Mann, on Tuesday.
The ruling is one of the rare cases in Nigeria where a police officer has been held accountable for an extrajudicial killing.
The night of the shooting
The case traces back to the night of 12 May 2020, when…
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