NDLEA : Baba Suwe loses N25m award at Appeal Court

The Court of Appeal sitting in Igbosere, Lagos, Friday quashed the judgement of Justice Yetunde Idowu of an Ikeja High Court, which awarded N25 million as damages to popular  actor, Mr Babatunde Omidina (also known as Baba Suwe) over infringement of his fundamental human rights by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
In its judgement, read by Justice Rita Pemu, the appellate court held that the NDLEA has the prerogative to keep the respondent in custody while investigation is being carried out.
The appellate declared that the Lagos High Court does not have the jurisdiction to entertain in the first place the fundamental human rights suit filed by Lagos radical lawyer and rights activist, Bamidele Aturu on behalf of the comedian.
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