ADC to the former President, Goodluck Jonathan, Col. Ojogbane Adegbe, has dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to court to challenge his alleged detention.
Adegbe, in the suit filed at the Federal High Court through his Counsel, Chief Ogwu Onoja (SAN), is claiming N100 million damages for his detention which violated his fundamental rights.
Onoja urged the court to declare that his client’s arrest and continued detention by the EFCC since Feb. 11, was unconstitutional and violated his right to personal liberty guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution.
He urged the court to make an order directing EFCC to immediately release the applicant from unlawful detention.
Onoja argued that the arrest and detention of Adegbe by the EFCC violated his right to personal liberty and freedom of movement guaranteed by Section 35 and 41 of the 1999 Constitution.
The applicant’s counsel contended that EFCC’s action violated Articles 5,6 and 12 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
The case has now been fixed for Feb. 26 for hearing.
Nigeria
telecommunication giant, MTN on Wednesday, withdrew its legal suit
against the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, and paid the sum of
N50 billion to settle out-of-court.
The telecom giant withdrew the case at the Federal High Court in Lagos in response to a request by the NCC.
Speaking on the withdrawal, the CEO of MTN Nigeria, Ferdi Moolman, said, “This is a most encouraging development. It demonstrates a willingness and sincerity by both parties to work together towards a positive outcome.”
He further added that MTN paid N50bn to the federal government “as a gesture of good faith and commitment to continued efforts towards an amicable resolution.”
NCC had last year fined the telecom giant the sum of N1.04 trillion for failing to deactivate 5.1 million unregistered SIM cards and later reduced the amount to N780 billion after the first round of negotiations.
MTN, however, requested an out-of-court settlement late last year. - See more at: http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/02/just-in-mtn-withdraws-suit-against-ncc.html#sthash.kDCAh8Eu.dpuf
The telecom giant withdrew the case at the Federal High Court in Lagos in response to a request by the NCC.
Speaking on the withdrawal, the CEO of MTN Nigeria, Ferdi Moolman, said, “This is a most encouraging development. It demonstrates a willingness and sincerity by both parties to work together towards a positive outcome.”
He further added that MTN paid N50bn to the federal government “as a gesture of good faith and commitment to continued efforts towards an amicable resolution.”
NCC had last year fined the telecom giant the sum of N1.04 trillion for failing to deactivate 5.1 million unregistered SIM cards and later reduced the amount to N780 billion after the first round of negotiations.
MTN, however, requested an out-of-court settlement late last year. - See more at: http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/02/just-in-mtn-withdraws-suit-against-ncc.html#sthash.kDCAh8Eu.dpuf
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