The 12 aides of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday
Igboho, have brought a fundamental human rights enforcement action before the
Federal High Court Abuja against the Department of State Services for allegedly
breaching their constitutional rights serially.
The aides are praying the court for an order granting the
sum of N100 million being the aggravated and exemplary damages against the DSS.
Amongst other reliefs, the aides are praying for “a
declaration that the applicants have not committed any offence known to law
that will warrant intimidation, harassment, and threats of persecution and
degradation of their human person by the respondents violating the law.
“A declaration that the detention of the detention of the
applicants by the respondent beyond 48 hours as entrenched by the constitution
is illegal and violates the applicants right to be tried within a reasonable
time.”
They are also seeking a declaration that the media parade of
the applicants by the respondent without a court conviction is illegal and
unlawful as same violated their fundamental right to dignity of human person, a
defamation of their character and right of innocence as provided by the 1999
constitution of Nigeria as amended.
When the matter was called up before Justice Obiora Egwuatu
on Wednesday, the lawyer representing the aides told the court that at the last
adjourned date, they were asked to serve their process on the DSS and that they
had already done so.
The DSS’ lawyer, Idowu Awo, informed the court that they
have received the process filed by the aides and have also filed their
counter-affidavit in response on September 6.
However, Awo informed the court that on September 7, his
colleague who was supposed to appear with him in the matter was asked to bring
the case file to court.
However, he said the lady boarded a vehicle, which
unknowingly to her, belonged to armed robbers, the type commonly referred to as
“one chance.”
He stated that she was dispossessed of all her belongings
including the case file by the armed robbers.
He also told the court that he had already applied for the
Certified True Copy of the processes at the Process Registry and was not with
any copy in court to serve the applicants.
Consequently, Awo applied for an adjournment to enable him
to obtain the CTC and serve Igboho aides’ lawyer their counter-affidavit.
The aides’ lawyer conceded to the adjournment.
Justice Egwuatu held that the matter would not be concluded
during the vacation court which ends in a week.
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