The Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday adjourned till May 31,
2017, for hearing in the enforcement of fundamental human rights suit
brought against the Nigeria Police Force and four others by the
Incorporated Trustees of the Peace Corps of Nigeria and its National
Commandant, Ambassador Dickson Akoh.
The Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN) had slammed a N2 billion suit
against the Police, Inspector General of Police (IGP), National Security
Adviser (NSA), Department of Security Services (DSS) and its
Director-General and the Attorney General of Police (AGF) over the
unlawful arrest and detention of its National Commandant, Ambassador
Dickson Akoh and 49 others in an unlawful raid on the organisation’s
headquarters in Abuja on February 28, 2017 by a combined team of Police
and the DSS operatives.
At yesterday’s proceedings, counsel to the 3rd to 6th respondents,
Tijani Gezali prayed the court for time to enable him to regularise the
court processes filed on behalf of his clients.
Gazali admitted that the name of the third respondent, the Director
General of the DSS was omitted in the counter-affidavit filed on behalf
of his clients.
The counsel urged the court to grant him a short adjournment to
enable him to correct the anomalies on the counter-affidavit, to
specifically reflect the name of the third respondent.
The request for adjournment was not opposed by other parties in the matter.
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