Evans Has Fundamental Right To Go On Trial – Court

BY VICTOR BUORO, ABUJA – A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday ruled that the fundamental rights suit filed by notorious kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike (aka) Evans, against the Nigeria Police is qualified to go on trial.

The court presided over by Justice Anka Abdulaziz dismissed the objections raised by the Counsel to the Police, Eze Emmanuel and agreed with the Counsel to Evans, Olukoya Ogungbeje, that service on the first and second respondents have been affected.

The first and second respondents in the suit are the Inspector General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force, while other respondents include the Lagos State Police Commissioner and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

Evans had through his lawyer, filed a N300 million lawsuit against the Nigeria Police as exemplary damages for what he described as “illegal detention and harm caused by his media trial.”