An FCT High Court has awarded the sum Three Million Naira(N3, 000,000) against Nigerian Air Force for violating the fundamental rights of airman, Corporal Bukar Adamu over alleged unlawful detention.

Justice Jude .O. Okeke in the suit No: CV/1723/2018 gave the ruling in a fundamental rights enforcement action filed by the Applicant’s father, Bukar Buba, through his lawyers S.A Adukwu, Esq against the Nigerian Air Force.

The court declared that the arrest and detention of the Applicant for over 324 days by the Respondent without charging him to court for trial is a violation of his right guaranteed under section 35(1) of the 1999 Constitution, which provides that every person shall be entitled to his personal liberty and no person shall be deprived of such liberty except in the situation permitted by law.

The judge on Monday gave an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Respondent by itself, agents, servants, or privies from further interfering with the Applicant’s right to personal liberty on account of the facts of this case.

“AN AWARD of Three million Naira (N3, 000,000) only as damages for the unlawful and unconstitutional violation of the Applicant’s rights by detaining him for over 324 days as opposed to 2 days allowed by law and a cost of N100,000.00.

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