Nnamdi Kanu Sues FG, Others Over Alleged Violation Of His Rights, Demands $5bn

The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has dragged the Federal Government of Nigeria to an Abia State High Court, over what he noted as violations of his human rights.

The Federal Government, the Nigeria Army, the Department of State Service (DSS), and the Nigeria police are respondents in the suit.

Kanu, in an eight-point prayer, seeks enforcement of his fundamental rights and wants the court to, among other things, stop his trial which is at the moment in motion at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

His special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, disclosed in a statement on Tuesday, that Kanu had secured an order from the High Court of Abia State to serve by substituted means, an application for enforcement of the fundamental rights of Kanu, which he recently brought before the High Court of Abia State.

He also requested that the court mandate the respondents to pay the sum of ₦5,000,000,000 (five billion naira) for the physical, mental, emotional, psychological, and other damages suffered as claimed by the applicant.

The next hearing date is scheduled for September 21, in Umuahia.