Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of the FCT Excessive Courtroom on Monday awarded N100 million in damages to the suspended former governor of the Central Financial institution of Nigeria, CBN, towards the Federal Authorities and Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, EFCC, for violations of his rights.
The embattled Emefiele had dragged the Federal Authorities, Legal professional-Common of the Federation, AGF, and EFCC to implement his basic rights to life, private liberty, honest listening to, and freedom of motion.
Emefiele sought a declaration from the court docket that his continued detention by the company of the primary and second respondents since June 10, 2023, and subsequent switch to the custody of the third and fourth respondents on October 26, 2023, with out being arraigned in court docket is illegal.
He stated the respondent, in defiance of a number of legitimate subsisting court docket orders for his launch, quantities to a grave violation of his basic rights to life and private liberty, as assured by the 1999 Structure of Nigeria (as amended) and the African Constitution on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
He, due to this fact, amongst others, sought an injunction restraining the respondents from additional arresting and/or additional detaining him on his launch by the court docket with out presenting a prison cost towards him.
He additionally sought damages within the quantity of N1 billion in his favour for the violation of his basic rights.