Falana sues FG over ‘rights violation’ during military era, demands $10m

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has dragged the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the ECOWAS assemblage Court of Justice implicit alleged violations of his cardinal rights during successive subject administrations successful the 1980s and 1990s.

Falana, successful the suit marked ECW/CCJ/APP/30/2026 and filed successful Abuja, is seeking declarations that his arrests, detentions, alleged abduction and restrictions connected his question were unlawful.

The elder lawyer demanded $10 cardinal successful damages for alleged violations of his rights to idiosyncratic liberty, dignity, just hearing, spot and state of movement.

He is praying the ECOWAS tribunal to see the alleged violations nether the African Charter connected Human and Peoples’ Rights and applicable ECOWAS ineligible instruments.

According to the suit, his confrontation with the authorities began during his National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, twelvemonth successful Oyo State betwixt 1982 and 1983.

He represented University of Ibadan students charged with conspiracy and attempted execution pursuing a quality involving the university’s vice-chancellor.

He stated that the NYSC authorities withheld his discharge certificate due to the fact that helium represented the students without authoritative permission.

“Even though the applicant completed the service, the authorities of the National Youth Service Corps seized his discharge certificate for defe...