Court Awards N50m To Nnamdi Kanu’s Counsel For Attack On His Home – Lawyer

The Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has reportedly awarded the cost of N50 million against security agents who invaded the ancestral home of the main counsel for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor.

Ejiofor announced this on Thursday via his Facebook page.

According to the lawyer, “on the 2nd day of December, 2019, after the funeral ceremony of my elder brother- Late Rev. Chukwukpelum Louis Ejiofor, my ancestral home in Oraifite Anambra State, was invaded by a team of Security agents comprising of the Nigerian Police, Army and others. Four persons were killed in my compound, and all the houses within my ancestral home including my brothers’ houses and neighbouring houses were burnt down on that fateful day.”

Ejiofor stated that the development forced him to file a fundamental human rights suit against the security operatives.

“The court found that the security agents grossly violated my fundamental rights and consequently awarded the sum of N50 million only in my favour against the Police, the Army and others, as compensation for the gross violation of my fundamental rights, and further awarded the sum of N2 million Naira only, as the cost of the action,” he added.

Ejiofor expressed excitement over the court verdict, describing it as a judgment that has assuaged the pains and trauma he has been going through since then.

The lawyer vowed to pursue justice on account of those killed or affected by the incident.