{"id":89517,"date":"2021-12-03T20:39:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T19:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=89517"},"modified":"2021-12-03T20:39:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T19:39:37","slug":"illegal-invasion-court-awards-n52-million-to-nnamdi-kanus-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/illegal-invasion-court-awards-n52-million-to-nnamdi-kanus-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal invasion: Court awards N52 million to Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m23059\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Exactly two years after the invasion of his house by security operatives during the burial of his brother in Oraifite, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court in Awka, Anambra State has awarded the sum of N52 million in favour of Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lead counsel for the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nJustice Dimgba found that the security agents grossly violated his fundamental rights and consequently awarded the N50 million against the Police, Army and other security agencies, as compensation for the gross violation of his rights.<\/p>\n<p>The Court also awarded N2 million as cost for the action still against the Police and Army, cumulatively N52 million.<\/p>\n<p>Ejiofor in a statement issued on Friday titled: \u201cJustice delayed is not always justice denied\u201d, said his house was on December 2, 2019, invaded during the burial of his late elder brother, Rev. Chukwukpelum Louis Ejiofor, by a team of security agents comprising of the Nigerian Police and Army.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, four persons were killed in his compound, and all the houses within his ancestral home including his brothers\u2019 houses and neighbouring houses were burnt down.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe said, \u201cJustice Dimgba of Court No 2, Federal High Court Awka Judicial Division awarded me the sum of N50 million against the Police and Army and N2 million as cost for the action still against the Police and Army, cumulatively N52 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI instituted a suit for the enforcement of my fundamental rights grossly violated by the said Security agents. The Federal High Court in Awka, Anambra State on Thursday, December 2 2021 delivered a well-considered judgment in my favour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe judgment may have been delayed, but the fact that the Court found that my rights were grossly infringed upon and condemnable, will go a long way to assuage the pains and trauma. I have been passing through over the past two years, on account of that terrible and heart-wrenching experience.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exactly two years after the invasion of his house by security operatives during the burial of his brother in Oraifite, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court in Awka,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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