Glory Okolie, a 21-year-old young woman arrested and enslaved by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team in Imo State has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian government at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja over her unlawful detention.
Her detention stirred public outcry as many Nigerians, including civil society organisations, have called for her release. She also asked the court to mandate the government to pay N50 million for “recklessness, bias, malice, failure to perform its statutory duty when the respondent’s officers infringed on her rights.”
“A DECLARATION of this honourable court, that the act of the respondent in detaining the 1st applicant from the 13th June 2021, and beyond 71 days till date ,without an order of any court permitting same, is a violation of the 1st Applicant’s right to fair hearing and Personal Liberty as enshrined in articles 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights Act Chapter A9 LFN, 2004.
ECOWAS cañt do Nigeria anything..they will get away with it. Its in the African blooc...ICC is the best place to drag their ass to. I don't like rubbish🙄🙄
Better move, my only problem no transparent judgement all compromise
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So so proud of this lady. I wish everyone that has suffered abuse by this govt would follow suit and go beyond ecowas court