By Peter Okutu

BAKALIKI—THE family of Mr. Joseph Nnaemeka Ogenyi, 29, an indigene of Ebonyi State who was fatally knocked down by a Coaster Bus belonging to the Federal High Court in Port-Harcourt on May 22, 2013, weekend, demanded a compensation of N500 million.

In a petition to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Abuja, the family, through  counsel, Mr. Anthony Oka, alleged that the deceased was knocked down by the federal high court vehicle driven by one Mr. Ekenedirichukwu Ojukwu, while driving on the wrong lane, against  traffic regulation.

The petition, made available to journalists in Abakaliki, read:   “We have been instructed by the family of the late Barrister Joseph Nnaemeka Ogenyi to demand from the Federal High Court the sum of N500 million as damages and compensation for the negligent causing of the death of Mr. Joseph Nnaemeka Ogenyi.”