The Incorporated Trustees of Global Integrity Crusade Network (GICN) has accused the Nigeria Police Force and Mrs Asabe Waziri of deliberately delaying its legal action over an alleged murder, saying the repeated adjournments have denied justice to the victim’s family.
The civil society organisation, which filed the case on May 18, 2024, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, stated that nearly two years after instituting the suit, the police have only filed a conditional appearance and have not engaged in substantive proceedings. The case, assigned to Justice Gladys Olotu, has reportedly been adjourned five times.
The suit, numbered FHC/ABM/CS/742/2024, seeks judicial review by way of mandamus to compel the police to release the final investigation report into the alleged incident.
The matter involves Waziri, an employee of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), who is accused of hitting a pregnant woman, Mrs Shitua Aso, with her vehicle outside the FCT Police Command, Garki 2, Abuja, on May 30, 2010.
GICN argued that the police’s failure to provide the investigation report, despite a formal demand dated May 2, 2024, amounts to a breach of sections 4 and 5 of the Freedom of Information Act, 2011, describing the delay as “unjustifiable, wrongful and illegal.”
In a letter dated January 20, 2026, and addressed to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, GICN’s lawyer, Peter Chidiebere Nworie, requested that the case be reassigned to another judge to ensure a faster resolution.
The organisation highlighted that Mrs Waziri was named as the second respondent, despite the reliefs being directed solely at the statutory duties of the police.
The letter further stated that on January 12, 2026, the applicant appeared in court while the respondents were absent, and the hearing was adjourned to March 23, 2026, due to renovations in the courtroom. GICN urged the Chief Judge to exercise administrative powers to facilitate an expedited hearing “in the overriding interest of justice.”
