Nigeria: ECOWAS Court orders Nigeria to release man detained for 16yrs without trial

Nigeria: ECOWAS Court orders Nigeria to release man detained for 16yrs without trial

Africa Links 24 with Tribune Online
Published on 2025-05-16 05:57:53

THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court has ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to release a Nigerian businessman, Moses Abiodun, who has been in detention since 2009 without trial, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported.

The court on Thursday also ordered the Nigerian government to pay N20 million compensation to the victim for what it described as the “multiple violations” of his fundamental human rights.

Abiodun had filed the suit marked:…

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