Hello everyone. The world's attention has (quite rightly) been focused on the terrible tragedy in Haiti. The last post on this site was about Haiti too. I don't want to detract attention from Haiti at all, but I do want to highlight some good news elsewhere.

Last month I posted about the young lady named Uzoma Okere who was brutally beaten up by some navy men. Well in my last post,I mentioned that she sued and that the judgment was pending. See

http://www.livethenoise.org/home/2009/12/29/remember-uzoma-okere.html

Although this site is dedicated to highlighting social injustice issues, I thought it would be good to also mention those occasions when things go right. The judgment in the Uzoma Okere case has been delivered and the judge happily ruled in her favour and ordered the men who assaulted her to pay her 100 million Naira in damages (over $US660,000).

The judge in her ruling strongly condemned the men who assaulted her, saying they:

"can only be described as barbarians in uniforms as they have shown by this incident that they have no respect for womanhood - dragging a woman on the road and partially getting her naked. They have no fear of God at all.It is highly shameful and unimaginable that such could happen in this 21st Century in a civilized society and democratic one. It should therefore be condemned in very strong language." Kudos to Justice Opeyemi Oke. :-) You can read more about the judgment at:

http://www.channelstv.com/newsdetails.php?news_id=15885

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http://allafrica.com/stories/201001280213.html

Regards, John Ubani Jr.