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| Lamido Sanusi |
News report according to www.punchng.com has it that the Federal Government of Nigeria has appealed against the judgment of a Federal High Court, Lagos, which awarded N50m against it, the police and the State Security Services for unlawful detention of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, and seizure of his passport.
Justice Ibrahim Buba had on Thursday ordered the three respondents to pay the money to Sanusi and publicly apologise to him for infringing on his rights and embarrassing him. But the Federal Government, through its lawyers, Mr. Fabian Ajogwu (SAN) and Mr. Mike Ozekhome (SAN), on Friday filed a notice of appeal at the Court of Appeal in Lagos, asking it to set aside the lower court’s judgment.
The Federal Government which was sued in the suit through the Attorney-General of the Federation, also filed a motion for stay of execution of the judgment, pending the hearing and determination of the appeal. The motion for stay of execution was filed before the judgment which delivered the judgment. The appellant, in its notice of appeal, maintained that Justice Buba erred in law when he assumed jurisdiction to entertain the case against it.
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