The Judge declared the detention of the man by the police as illegal and unconstitutional.......
 Bonny Nwankwo | Premium Times April 8,2014 A South African based Nigerian who was arrested for a comment he made on an online forum has been awarded N5 million by the Federal High Court in Apo, Abuja. Bonny Okonkwo was abducted by some Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, officers at his residence on July 13, 2013 for a comment he made about billionaire businessman, Emeka Offor, on an online forum known as ocean-anaedo. |
The Judge, Peter Afeen, declared the detention of Mr. Bonny by the police as illegal and unconstitutional and ordered the police to pay N5 million to the victim for the unlawful detention.
On July 13, last year, shortly after arriving Lagos from Johannesburg, Mr. Bonny was arrested at his home by SARS Officers wielding AK 47 guns.
After six days in solitary confinement in a Lagos holding cell, he was transferred to Abuja where he was further detained for eleven days.
It was during his detention that he was told that his ordeal was on the orders of Emeka Offor, a Nigerian ruling party politician and billionaire businessman.
When PREMIUM TIMES contacted the police representative in the case, F.A. Longe, to ask about the judgement that was passed and if the police would comply, he said he was not in the court and threatened to lay a curse on PREMIUM TIMES.
“Why are you calling me, I was not at the court today so why would you be calling me. In fact how did you get my number, I want to know why you would be calling me at this time of the day,” he said. “Okay so you tell me the judgement and what you want to know that makes you call me this night, in fact don’t make me lay a curse you.”
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