Enugu monarch Igwe Madu faces N2bn suit over alleged unlawful detention

A N2 cardinal suit has been instituted against Igwe Godwin Ndubueze Madu of Enugu Achi Umumba Autonomous Community, Oji River Local Government Area, implicit the alleged malicious prosecution and unlawful detention of 1 Cyril Ugochukwu Ezedozie.

The claimant, Cyril Ugochukwu Ezedozie, successful the suit accused the monarch of utilizing his power to get him jailed for 13 days implicit charges aboriginal dismissed by the High Court for deficiency of evidence.

In a suit filed astatine the Enugu State High Court by Tagbo Ike, SAN, Ezedozie alleged that connected June 5, 2025, Igwe Madu caused a four-count complaint to beryllium filed against him.

The charges were conspiracy to perpetrate felony, cyberstalking and defamation.

According to him, helium was “embarrassed, humiliated, handcuffed and thrown into a filthy and poorly ventilated compartment nether sub-human conditions” astatine the Enugu Correctional Centre.

He said the lawsuit record was aboriginal sent to the Office of the Enugu State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice for review, which recovered nary grounds to prolong the cyberstalking charge, aft which the High Court struck retired the transgression charges.

Ezedozie said the ordeal caused him intelligence trauma, fiscal nonaccomplishment and wounded to his reputation.

He is asking the High Court to bid the monarch to wage him N2 bi...