The Winnner is (Dasuki), ECOWAS court dismisses Nigerian Government’s claim against Former NSA boss
Former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, on Monday triumphed at
the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) court in the first leg of his court action challenging his alleged unlawful arrest and detention since December last year by the Nigerian government.
The court ruled in Abuja against the Nigerian government’s objections, that it had jurisdiction to entertain Mr. Dasuki’s suit for the enforcement of his fundamental rights to liberty and to own property as enshrined in the Nigerian 1999 constitution and African Charter on fundamental rights of persons.
Justice Friday Chijoke Nwoke, in his ruling, dismissed the objection of government against Mr. Dasuki’s suit on the ground that the objection was misconceived, frivolous and lacked merit.
Justice Nwoke who delivered the unanimous ruling by the three-member panel of the court, held that the claim of government that Mr. Dasuki’s case emanated from his trial on certain offences was inappropriate since the reliefs sought by Mr. Dasuki had nothing to do with his ongoing trial at the domestic courts of Nigeria.
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