Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer wins court case, gets awarded N52m

Nnamdi Kanu’s lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has been awarded the sum of N52 million for the gross violation of his human rights by security agents two years ago.

Ejiofor’s house had been invaded two years ago by security operatives during the burial of his late elder brother, Rev. Chukwukpelum Louis Ejiofor in Oraifite, leaving four dead and all the houses within his ancestral home, including his brothers’ houses and neighbouring houses, burnt.

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court in Awka, Anambra State found that the security agents grossly violated Ejiofor’s fundamental rights and consequently awarded the N50 million against the Police, Army and other security agencies, as compensation for the gross violation of his rights.

The Court also awarded N2 million as cost for the action still against the Police and Army, cumulatively N52 million.

Ejiofor in a statement issued on Friday titled: “Justice delayed is not always justice denied”, recounts the unfortunate event on December 2, 2019, saying the team of security agents that invaded his house were of the Nigerian Police and Army.

In an interview with The PUNCH, Ifeanyi Ejiofor said, “Justice Dimgba of Court No 2, Federal High Court Awka Judicial Division awarded me the sum of N50 million against the Police and Army and N2 million as cost for the action still against the Police and Army, cumulatively N52 million.

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“I instituted a suit for the enforcement of my fundamental rights grossly violated by the said Security agents. The Federal High Court in Awka, Anambra State on Thursday, December 2 2021 delivered a well-considered judgment in my favour.

“The judgment may have been delayed, but the fact that the Court found that my rights were grossly infringed upon and condemnable, will go a long way to assuage the pains and trauma. I have been passing through over the past two years, on account of that terrible and heart-wrenching experience.”