The Indigenous People of Biafra has secured a court victory for about seven supporters of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, said to have been arrested and illegally held in various detention centres by security agencies.

Kanu’s counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, said the court did not only discharged the IPOB supporters but also awarded N130m in damages in their favour against security agencies.

According to the lawyer, in the charge marked ‘FHC/ABJ/CR/475/2021, Justice M.O. Olajuwon of the Federal High Court in Abuja discharged Maria Ezediaro “of all frivolous criminal allegation/charge brought against her before the court.”

Ejiofor said, “She was arrested on February 26, 2021 when she visited the State CID, Owerri, Imo State Command to give food and medication to her friend who was detained there, and was subsequently transferred to the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team detention facility in ‘Abattoir’, Abuja, where she was subjected to all forms of inhuman treatment, severe torture and degradation.


However, following the refusal of the police to release her or charge her to court, we filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit on her behalf before the Federal High Court Abuja.

“Still on our application, she was granted bail by the court on April 21, 2022 and consequently released to us upon perfection of the bail conditions.

On October 10, 2023, following our application and submissions before the court, the Federal High Court, Abuja per Hon. Justice M.O. Olajuwon struck out the four counts of terrorism filed against Mrs Maria Ezediaro and consequently discharged her.

“Also Justice V.S. Gaba of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja discharged the Pastor of the Holy Trinity Sabbath Church, Orlu Imo State, Cletus Nwachukwu Egole; his wife, Ifeyinwa Egole; a prophet of Jewish Faith, Michael Uba, Ugochukwu Samuel; and Raphael Idang. The court also granted them N100m compensatory damages against the police.”

They were said to have been arrested and subsequently paraded by the Imo State Command of the Nigeria Police on March 21, 2021, and subsequently transferred to the IGP Intelligence Response Team detention facility in “Abattoir”, Abuja.

“Justice Z.B. Abubakar of the Federal High Court in Abuja also ordered the release of Ngozichukwu Ada-Dav and awarded N30m compensatory damages in her favour,” he said.

“Ada-Dav was arrested in June 2021 by a team of fully-armed operatives of the Nigeria Police Force and thereafter taken to the IGP/IRT located in Ikeja GRA, where she was detained in unlawful custody till July 3, 2021, when she was transferred to the Garki Command of the Nigeria Police, notoriously known as the Abattoir.”

https://punchng.com/court-frees-seven-ipob-supporters-fines-police-n130m/

Good one

Nice one

Kudos to them

In this case, the court is absolutely right.

But wait and see when a judgement does not favour handle mop, that is when the judge will know the history of his great grandparents.

Enemies of IPOB are disgrace.
IPOB are winning.

Nigeria is sitting on a time bomb.

Ipob keep winning Nigeria government and it miscreants in Nigeria court.

All na part of the arrangement, nobody dey pay anyone shishi. However it's good that we give peace a chance. Next is Nnamdi Kanu, I believe he will be out soon.

alizma:
All na part of the arrangement, nobody dey pay anyone shishi. However it's good that we give peace a chance. Next is Nnamdi Kanu, I believe he will be out soon.

No arrangement here.


Ipob have been winning Nigeria government in court since and their members released, just that Nigeria government don't want to release Kanu, just to intimidation him to submission.

A fair judgement deserves commendation hence the judges who presided over the case are blessed.

Meanwhile, the terrorists Nigerian security men are killing indiscriminately in the SE and those they don't kill, they imprisoned on trump up charges. However, on the in the Far north, terrorists who have murdered thousands are termed repentant and thereafter released and kept on monthly payment.
This is the reality of today's Nigeria and yet many wonder why Nigeria is dying.

You'll never see the usual Igbo and IPOB haters on this thread. Hate has destroyed their sense of fairness.

The presidency is holding Kanu. Court freed him long ago. I'm sure Tinubu will behave

Tinubu dare not release that terrorist. Buhari knew better

Roger3D:
Tinubu dare not release that terrorist. Buhari knew better

You are talking like a psychopath, no one understands what you are talking.
What is this yoruba demon affiliate talking about.