SMARTING from his discharge from trial over his alleged complicity in the April 14, 2014 bomb blast in Nyanya, outskirts of Abuja, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche has challenged what he termed his continued "illegal" detention by the State Security Service (SSS).
He therefore prayed the Federal High Court, Abuja Division to compel SSS to pay him the sum of N100 million as compensation for his unlawful arrest and detention without trial.
Ogwuche approached the court through his counsel, Ahmed Raji (SAN) with an application pursuant to Order 2, Rule (1),(2),(3) of the Fundamental Enforcement Procedure rule and Sections 34,35,36,37 and 42 of the 1999 Constitution seeking for the enforcement of his fundamental human right.
Joined as defendants are the SSS and the Attorney General of the Federation AGF. But, the court struck out AGF's name, on the request of the applicant.
Arguing his application, Raji submitted that it was based on the request of the Federal Government that the Interpol placed a red alert on the applicant contrary to the impression that it was the interpol who did so.
He also drew the attention of the court to the fact that the charge on which Ogwuche was arrested and detained had been struck out by the court for "lack of diligent prosecution."
He said the charge was the foundation of the extradition order which led to the arrest of the applicant.
Raji further noted that it is assumed that the state had concluded all its investigations before requesting for the extradition order.
However, he contended that further detention of the complainant in the SSS custody without arraignment is illegal and pre-judicial.
Source: The Guardian
Source: The Guardian
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