Lagos businessman drags NDLEA to court on charges of trespassing and intimidation
Taiwo Kayode Ali, 75, and his son Hamid Ali are suing four people, including the head of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for alleged intimidation, sexual abuse and burglary. The suit was filed at the Federal High Court in Lagos. Their home is managed by an agency.
The applicants, through their lawyer, Mr. Eitayo Abiodun, have asked the court for an order prohibiting the defendants from detaining, threatening or abusing the applicants directly or through their agents, servants or confidentially, pending the outcome of the case. ing.
Defendants in the case include the Director of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Adetula Oluwarotimi Lawal (NDLEA Bariga Outpost); and his NDLEA official, Mr. Adekunle Edward.
The applicant prayed before Justice Ambrose Ruiz Alagoa in Fundamental Rights Enforcement Case FHC/L/CS/2017/23.
Specifically, the applicants claim that the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th respondents have detained them directly or through their agents, employees, or secretly until the outcome of the case is known. , seeking an interim order to prevent him from committing any acts of intimidation or abuse.
In a 16-paragraph affidavit, Kayode Ali (first applicant) states that on June 6, 2023, his son (second applicant) drove his friend, who had returned from the United States, to the airport to catch a flight. He said that he sent it by car immediately after returning to Japan. At about 5:30 a.m., he noticed that the gate to his father's house, where he lived, had been unlocked and opened.
Source: dailypost.ng