Court awards N2m fine against DSS over seizure of Sowore’s phone | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

FILE PHOTO: Nigerian activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore appears at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

Sowore had, through his lawyer, Funmi Falana, alleged that operatives of the DSS, on August 3, 2019, at a hotel in Lagos, forcibly took away his iPhones and the sum of N10,000 when he was arrested on allegations bordering on treasonable felony and terrorism. Chikere described the seizure of the personal property of the publisher of Sahara Reporters as “illegal, unconstitutional, null and void and gross violation of his fundamental rights as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution.”

Mrs. Falana, while reacting to the judgment, expressed happiness and described it as victory for justice.

There’s a difference between a fine and damages. A fine is imposed - usually in criminal cases - and the money goes to the government. Damages are awarded for the wrong done to the claimant, and the money goes to him.

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