{"id":93097,"date":"2022-03-21T18:36:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T17:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=93097"},"modified":"2022-03-21T18:36:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T17:36:08","slug":"court-declares-2019-arrest-detention-of-sowore-illegal-award-damages-against-lawless-dss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/court-declares-2019-arrest-detention-of-sowore-illegal-award-damages-against-lawless-dss\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Declares 2019 Arrest, Detention Of Sowore Illegal, Award Damages Against Lawless DSS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1727928360849163139\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The arrest and unlawful detention of Omoyele Sowore, a human rights activist, by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on August 3, 2019, has been declared illegal by Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe court also ordered the DSS to pay the activist N1 million in damages as well as aggravated damages.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe judge issued the order while ruling on the activist\u2019s fundamental rights lawsuits challenging his unlawful kidnapping at a Lagos hotel for calling for Nigerians to take to the streets to protest bad governance, insecurity, and corruption.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nOn November 15, 2019, the activist filed a lawsuit, FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/1407\/2019, challenging Yusuf Bichi, Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), and Abubakar Malami (SAN), Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, for his illegal arrest and detention.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThrough his lawyer, Abubakar Marshal, the activist asked the court to declare his detention by the DSS as unlawful \u201cHis fundamental right to liberty has been violated in a way that is both illegal and egregious.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe also asked the court to order the DSS to pay him N500,000, 000.00 (five hundred million naira) in general and aggravated damages for violating the applicant\u2019s fundamental rights to life, dignity, fair hearing, health, freedom of movement, and freedom of association.<\/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>The arrest and unlawful detention of Omoyele Sowore, a human rights activist, by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on August 3, 2019, has been declared illegal by&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":77665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93097","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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