The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the fundamental human rights suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, the imprisoned leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Federal Government. Justice James Omotosho had dismissed the suit.
Kanu had sued the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Department of State Service (DSS) for 1billion Naira in damages for purported human rights violations.
The IPOB leader had claimed that the DSS and its director general had infringed on his right to a fair hearing by purportedly barring his lawyers from having free interactions with him while he was being detained, in preparation for his defence in his criminal lawsuit.
Justice Omotosho, however, held that Kanu had failed to give credible evidence to sustain his claims that his interactions with his lawyers were being interfered with an that he was denied unhindered access to his lawyers.
Nnamdi Kanu meanwhile, was firm in his opinion that DSS officials had intruded on his conversations with his lawyers, which constituted a breach of his right to a fair hearing.
In reply, Justice Omotosho said the claims that Kanu was denied unhindered access to his lawyers by the operatives of the DSS, and that the officials spied on his conversations with his lawyers in the preparation for his defence, could not be established.
Recall that the incarcerated IPOB leader, had through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, sued the Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN), Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), DSS, and its DG as 1st to 4th respondents, respectively.
