Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lead counsel to leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has been awarded N50 million by a federal high court sitting in Akwa, Anambra state, on December 2, 2021.
He was awarded the said sum as compensation for the invasion of his home by security agents.
The barrister disclosed that the court also awarded the sum of N2 million.
According to him, the judgment may have been delayed, but the fact that the Court found that my rights were grossly infringed upon and condemnable, will go a long way to assuage the pains and trauma I have been passing through over the past two years, on account of that terrible and heart wrenching experience.
Also, Barrister Ejiofor recalled that he had filed the suit for the enforcement of his fundamental rights, which was grossly violated by the security agents comprising of the police, army and others.
He recalled that on 2nd December, 2019, after the funeral ceremony of his late elder brother, Late Rev. Chukwukpelum Louis Ejiofor, his ancestral home in Oraifite Anambra state, was invaded by security agents, which led to the death of four persons in his compound, and all the houses within his ancestral home including his brothers' houses and neighbouring houses, burnt down.
Source: www.clintonsdaily.com
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