Nnamdi Kanu: FG Owes Me $800m
The leader of the Indigenous
People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has said that despite being granted bail by the
Federal High Court in Abuja where he is being prosecuted alongside others on
charges of treasonable felony, he is still entitled to the $800m compensation
for his alleged unlawful arrest and detention in 2015.
This is contained in his
response to the motion filed by the Federal Government asking the Community
Court of the Economic Community of West African States sitting in Abuja to
dismiss a fundamental human rights enforcement suit filed by the IPOB leader.
Kanu had filed the suit on
March 3, 2016 demanding $800m as compensation from the Federal Government for
his alleged unlawful arrest in 2015 and detention.
But the Federal Government,
through its lawyer, Mrs. Maimuna Shiru, filed its motion on November 13,
stating that Kanu having been granted bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja
on April 25, 2017, and allegedly jumped bail, the judgment of the ECOWAS Court
on the suit would serve no purpose.
But Kanu, through his lawyer,
Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, objected to the Federal Government’s motion contending
that granting bail to the IPOB leader was just a partial satisfaction of
prayers sought in the suit.
He maintained that the ECOWAS
Court had the power to grant his client the $800m compensation sought since the
IPOB leader’s rights had been violated.
Ejiofor stated in his written
address, “We submit therefore that the court has powers to order for payment of
compensatory damages when found that the plaintiff’s right has been violated.”
Nnamdi Kanu: FG Owes Me $800m
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