COURT AWARDS JOURNALIST WITH N10MILLION FOR DETAINING HIM FOR TWO YEARS ILLEGALLY, WITHOUT TRIAL

Illegal detention — Court awards N10.5m to journalist, Jones Abiri.

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday awarded the sum of N10.5m against the Department of State Services for the illegal detention of a journalist, Jones Abiri, for over two years without trial.

Delivering judgment in a fundamental human rights enforcement suit filed on behalf of the Yenagoa-based journalist by Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), Justice Nnamdi Dimgba held that his detention for that period without trial constituted a violation of his right.