Court Awards ₦500m to Nnamdi Kanu For Violating His Rights
A federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State has awarded ₦500,000,000 in favour of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu over the violation of his fundamental human rights by the federal government and its agents.
Delivering judgement, Justice Evelyn Anyadike said the applicant showed enough evidence of attack on his ‘Isiama Afaraukwu’ in Umuahia, extra ordinary rendition from Kenya without due procedures, inhuman treatment meted on Kanu by government agencies at Nairobi, Kenya and in the custody of Department of State Services (DSS) Abuja.
She therefore awarded as damages, the sum of N500m against the respondents.
The court on Wednesday also ordered the government to take Mr. Kanu back to Kenya from where he was extradited.
Reacting shortly after the judgement, lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, Alloy Ejimakor expressed satisfaction over the judgement, adding that the essence of the suit was to establish proof that Kanu was wrongly treated.
