Illegal detention: Court orders EFCC to pay Secondus N10m as damages

Ike Uche Secondus

A Federal high Court has ordered the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission [EFCC], to pay the sum of N10 million as
damages to former acting National Chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Uche Secondus, after declaring his
arrest and subsequent detention by the Commission as illegal.

Secondus had approached the court to enforce his fundamental
human rights, which he claimed was infringed upon by the anti-
graft agency.

In the motion before the court, he asked Justice Tsho to declare
his arrest and detention as illegal.
He also asked the court to award damages against the
Commission.

In his ruling, the court said, “The first prayer of the applicant is
hereby granted and the sum of N10million damages is hereby
awarded against the respondent (EFCC)”.