The Federal High Court has ordered the Department of State Services, DSS, to apologise to former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasir El-Rufai, and pay him 2 Million Naira in damages for unlawful detention.
This is a follow up to events of November 15 and 16 2013, during the last Anambra governorship elections, when DSS officials detained and harassed Mr. El-Rufai in Awka.
Dissatisfied with his treatment, and believing that the conduct of the DSS had no basis in law, Mr. El-Rufai approached the court for redress.
The judgement was delivered in Awka on Monday by Justice Ibrahim Bature Gafai who stated that the DSS has no statutory powers under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 or under any Nigerian law to detain Mr. El-Rufai without showing cause to a court of competent jurisdiction.
The court, therefore, ordered the DSS to publish an apology in two national dailies for the unlawful and unconstitutional violation of El-Rufai's liberty.
However, the DSS through the Deputy Director of Public Relations, Marilyn Ogar,says they would appeal that judgement as some facts might have been overlooked in the case.
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