Colonel Ojogbane Adegbe, an Aide de Camp to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to court to challenge his alleged detention.
Adegbe, in the suit filed at the Federal High Court through his Counsel, Chief Ogwu Onoja (SAN), is claiming N100 million damages for his detention, which he said violated his fundamental rights.
Onoja urged the court to declare that his client’s arrest and continued detention by the EFCC since February 11 was unconstitutional and violated his right to personal liberty guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution.
He urged the court to make an order directing EFCC to immediately release the applicant from unlawful detention.
Onoja argued that the arrest and detention of Adegbe by the EFCC violated his right to personal liberty and freedom of movement guaranteed by Section 35 and 41 of the 1999 Constitution.
The applicant’s counsel contended that EFCC’s action violated Articles 5,6 and 12 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
The case has been fixed for February 26 for hearing.
NAN.
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