Invasion: DSS, Others To Pay Kanu’s Lawyer N107Million
Invasion: DSS, Others To Pay Kanu’s Lawyer N107Million Mary Akanbi 25th July, 2022 File image Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa of a Federal High Court in Anambra on Friday awarded N102 million compensatory damages in favour of Ifeanyi Ejiofor the lawyer to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, for gross violation of his fundamental rights and cost of litigation. The court also awarded him N5 million being the cost of his Toyota Camry car which was burnt by security agencies. The IPOB lawyer had in a Fundamental Rights Enforcement Suit with No: FHC/AWK/CS/56/2021, dragged the government to court to challenge the invasion of his ancestral home in Oraifite, in the state on June 6, 2021, by security personnel during which his aide was killed. The Nigeria Police Force; the Inspector General of Police; the State Security Service; the Director-General, State Security Servic...