Former Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, has dragged the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), before an Abuja court, demanding N1 billion damages and compensation for violation of his right and seizure of money.
Counsel to Yakubu, Mr Adeola Adedipe told the court today, Tuesday that the matter was brought pursuant to Order 8 Rule 4 of the Fundamental Rights Enforcement Procedure Rules.
The former NNPC boss asked the court to declare that his continued detention was also an infringement on his rights.
He subsequently, prayed the court for an order enforcing his rights to personal liberty, freedom of movement, private and family life.
This, he said, is by directing his immediate release from EFCC custody or admitting him to bail on liberal terms and allowing him to complete his medical treatment in the United Kingdom.
Yakubu also prayed for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the EFCC from further detaining him unlawfully.
He urged the court to compel the respondents to tender a public apology to him in two widely published national daily newspapers for the violation of his rights.
Yakubu has been in detention for the past 26 days. [myad]
