Just in: Court orders Nigerian government, secret police, DSS to pay N5Million tto Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer over violation of his rights.1 min read

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Opara, in 2021, filed a N50 million fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Department of State Services (DSS).

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian government to pay N5 million to Maxwell Opara, Maxwell Opara, one of the legal representatives of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, over violations of his rights.

Opara, in 2021, filed a N50 million fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Department of State Services (DSS).

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Opara, who alleged that he was on August 30 exposed to various degrading treatments when he went to visit Kanu in the custody of the DSS as ordered by the court, also cited the secret police as the 2nd Respondent in his suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1018/2021, while the Director-General, Yusuf Bichi, is the first respondent.

The applicant told the court that DSS operatives had upon his arrival to see Kanu, manhandled and taken him to a particular room within their facility for purposes of alleged bodily search, “wherein they forced him to remove his medicated eye glasses, wedding ring, belt, jacket, and shoes and accordingly left him shabbily dressed.”

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Opara told the court that he was subjected to the humiliation of holding his trousers with his hands, wearing bathroom slippers meant for awaiting trial inmates and exposed to air conditioner-inflicted cold for three hours.