Kanu prayed the court to order that the letters of apology by Malami and Abubakar be prominently and boldly published full-page in two Nigerian newspapers of national circulation.
By Jeffrey Agbo
A Federal High Court in Abuja has set a date to hear the N20bn suit filed by leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami.
The suit also has the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIC), Ahmed Abubakar, as a defendant.
Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed November 18 for the hearing of the suit.
Kanu, through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, had filed a writ of summons marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1702/222.
Kanu’s application, dated and filed on September 23, listed Malami and Abubakar as 1st and 2nd defendants respectively.
The IPOB leader wants “a declaration that the defendants’ arrest and imprisonment of the plaintiff (Kanu) at a location in Kenya and the subsequent imprisonment of the plaintiff in the aircraft that conveyed him from Kenya to Nigeria amounted to false arrest and false imprisonment.
“A declaration of this Honourable court that the defendants acted in bad faith and/or abused their public offices in falsely arresting and falsely imprisoning the plaintiff at the said location in Kenya and said aircraft.
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“An order of this honourable court directing the defendants to, jointly and severally, pay to the plaintiff the sum of N20,000,000,000.00 (Twenty Billion Naira only) being general and exemplary damages.
“An order of this honourable court directing the defendants to separately write and deliver to the plaintiff, an unreserved personal letter of apology.”
Kanu prayed the court to order that the letters of apology by Malami and Abubakar be prominently and boldly published full-page in two Nigerian newspapers of national circulation.
He also sought an order from the court, directing the defendants to pay the cost of the suit, among others.
The suit is different from the fundamental human rights suit filed by Kanu’s lead counsel Mike Ozekhome.