The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to challenge his continued detention by the Department of State Services.
Delivering judgment, Justice James Omotosho,held that Kanu’s suit lacked merit and ought to be dismissed.
In the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/482/2022, Kanu had alleged that the DSS subjected him to inhuman treatment and torture; and violated his right to dignity, among others.
He alleged that whereas the security outfit allowed other inmates in their custody the liberty to wear any clothes, he was restricted to wearing only a single piece of clothing.
Besides, he claimed that he was denied the right to wear any clothes of his choice like the Igbo traditional attire called “Isi-Agu,” while in the DSS facility or any time he appeared in court for his trial.
Among other reliefs, he sought an order directing the respondents to allow him to put on any clothing of his choice while in the facility or when appearing in public.
Responding through a counter-affidavit, the DSS and its DG urged the court to dismiss Kanu’s claim on the premise that their operatives had never tortured Kanu in any manner while in their custody.
