#EndSARS: Nigerian Businessman Suing Twitter For Backing Protest Fails To Appear In Court
A Nigerian businessman, Adamu Garba, was absent at a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja today, Wednesday, after suing Twitter’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, for allegedly sponsoring the violent turnout associated with the EndSARS protests.
A lawyer familiar with the development, Tope Akinyode, confirmed this in a tweet.
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According to him, the court had to adjourn until 22 April, for continuation of the case.
“BREAKING: I was at the Federal High Court today to defend Adamu Garba’a lawsuit against @jack and @Twitter.
“However, @adamugarba & his lawyers failed to show up in Court without given reasons & the Court has now adjourned case to 22nd April, 2021,” he stated.
Garba had on October 20 sought for an order compelling Twitter to pay the “sum of $1bn in compensation for all the damages” associated with the EndSARS campaign.
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Dorsey, alongside others, had backed the protests which called for an end to police brutality.
The EndSARS protests was a nationwide criticism of alleged human right violations by some operatives of the Nigerian Police Force.
As a result, various state governors established panels of inquiry to probe cases of abuse.
But the Socio-economic Rights and Accountability (SERAP) had urged the federal government to allow the United Nations to investigate the matter, for the sake of transparency.
