The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of of Biafra (IPOB) scored a major win today as Justice Benson Anya of Abia State High Court Umuahia ordered the Federal Government (FG) to pay him a N1 billion compensation
Justice Anya also ordered the FG tender a public apology to the embattled separatist leader in 3 national dailies.
Kanu had approached the court through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor seeking a N5 billion compensation against the Federal Government over an alleged invasion of his father’s house on September 10, 2017 by the Nigerian military.
Hon Justice Anya described the invasion of Kanu’s Afaraukwu residence as notorious and brazen.
He however, struck out other reliefs sought by the plaintiff’s legal team including his repatriation from Kenya and continued detention by the DSS.
The presiding judge also granted the relief sought by Kanu, ordering the Federal Government to issue a public apology in 3 national dailies over the illegal invasion.
He also advised the Federal Government to adopt a political resolution in dealing with issues involving Kanu.
Aloy Ejimakor, Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, had urged the court to declare the invasion of the residence of the IPOB leader in Abia State in 2017 as unlawful and an infringement of his constitutional right.
The lawyer urged the court to declare his rearrest and torture in Kenya last year as unlawful.
The suit, which Ejimakor filed in August, further sought the court to stop the Nigerian government from prosecuting Kanu, mandating it to release the IPOB leader and tender an apology to Kanu, among others.
In common law, compensation or damages are a remedy in the form of a monetary award to be paid to a claimant as compensation for loss or injury
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