Former acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus will get the sum of N10 million from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The money is compensation granted the PDP chieftain by the court for his unlawful arrest and detention by the anti-money laundering agency.
Justice James Tsoho of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja declared in a judgement that the arrest and detention of Secondus by the EFCC was unlawful.
He then awarded N10 million damages against the agency.
“The first prayer of the applicant is hereby granted and the sum of N10million damages is hereby awarded against the respondent, EFCC,” the judge ruled.
It would be recalled that Secondus had approached the court to enforce his fundamental human rights, which he claimed were violated by EFCC.
In the motion before the court, he asked Justice Tsoho to declare his arrest and detention illegal. He also asked the court to award damages against the commission.
