Alex Enumah in Abuja
Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday dismissed the N1 billion fundamental rights suit brought by the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government and the Department of State Services (DSS).
Omotosho, in dismissing the suit, held that the complainant failed to prove his allegations of breach of his fundamental rights by the defendants.
Delivering judgment in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1633/2023, the court held that the claims that Kanu was denied unhindered access to his lawyers by the operatives of the DSS and that the officials eavesdropped on his conversations with his lawyers in the preparation of his defence could not be established.
“It is mere assertion without any iota of proof by the applicant and court of record can’t act on mere assertion” the court held, adding that the complaint of unfair hearing in his criminal case…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
