An Abia State High Court sitting in Umuahia on Wednesday, ordered the federal government to pay the sum of N1bn (one billion naira) to the leader of Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu for the invasion of his home in Umuahia by the military.
The Court, presided over by Justice Benson Anya gave the order while delivering judgment in the Nnamdi Kanu vs FG and others, at the Umuahia High Court complex, Ikot Ekpene road.
The Court held that the 2017 invasion of the home of the detained IPOB leader by the military was illegal, unconstitutional, notorious, brazen and was against his fundamental human rights.
It also decided that it was the invasion of Kanu’s home in 2017 by the military that forced him to flee his home, for the fear of being killed.
Reacting to the ruling, the counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, Barr Alloy Ejimakor hailed the ruling, noting that ” the gavel has fallen in search for justice.” He expressed the hope that the federal government would pay the damage, in respect to the Law.
But the counsel to the federal government, Amos Tori said he would first obtain the copies of the judgment and take it to the legal team of the federal government, for study of the ruling.
The celebrated case led to the condoning off of some roads and adjourning streets that connects to the Umuahia High Court, with heavy presence of security men stationed on all strategic roads like Finbers, Ikot Ekpene road and School road.
