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The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has awarded N10 cardinal successful wide damages against the Federal Republic of Nigeria implicit the carnal assault, unlawful arrest, and seizure of spot belonging to Jide Oyekunle, a writer with Independent Newspaper.
The landmark ruling successful Suit No. ECW/CCJ/APP/29/25 was secured by Avocats Sans Frontières France (Lawyers Without Borders France) connected June 22, 2026, nether its eRIGHTS project, supported by the European Union, which focuses connected defending quality rights successful the integer space.
Oyekunle, the caput of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Federal Capital Territory, was physically assaulted and unlawfully detained. His camera was damaged, and his mobile telephone was seized by equipped constabulary officers connected the bid of the erstwhile FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, astatine Eagle Square, Abuja, connected August 1, 2024, portion helium was covering the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests.
The Court agreed with Counsel to the applicant, Collins I. Maidoh-Anene, Esq., that the Nigerian police’s detention of the writer and seizure of his mobile telephone were excessive, unjustified, and successful usurpation of planetary law.
The ECOWAS Court subsequently recovered the Federal Republic of Nigeria liable for violating the applicant’s rights to state of expression, idiosyncratic liberty, dignity, and spot nether the African Charter.
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