A High Court sitting in Kaduna has awarded N15m in damages against the Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State, for violating the fundamental rights of members of the African Democratic Congress and the Social Democratic Party to peaceful assembly.

Delivering judgement on Wednesday, Justice Murtala Zubairu also granted a perpetual injunction restraining the police commissioner, his officers, and agents from disrupting or interfering with lawful political meetings and rallies in the state.

The court held that the police acted unlawfully when they disrupted two meetings involving a former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and chieftains of the ADC and SDP on August 30 and September 4, 2025, respectively.

The first meeting was reportedly broken up by thugs in the presence of police officers, while the second was halted by the police on the strength of an ex parte order obtained from the court. [The Punch]