Nigerian High Court Awards ₦5 Million In Damages Against EFCC

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Federal High Court in Abuja has awarded the sum of Five Million Naira against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for posting the picture of a suspect, Nasiru Saidu Ali before trial.
This was disclosed by human rights lawyer Pelumi Olajengbesi whose law firm, Law Corridor took up the case pro bono and challenged the anti-graft agency for their habitual publication of suspects’ names on social media, even without convictions for the alleged crimes.
Olajengbesi said he is vehemently against the abuse of power inherent in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) practice of publicizing images of individuals arrested for alleged crimes without due conviction by a court as such actions, particularly from an esteemed organization like the EFCC, amount to a cheap form of public spectacle.

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