A Lagos High Court has ordered that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) pay the whopping sum of N25 million in damages to Nigerian actor and comedian, Babatunde Omidina popularly known as Baba Suwe.
The ruling was given by Justice Yetunde Idowu, after a fundamental rights suit was filed by Mr. Omidina's lawyers, Mr. Bamidele Aturu.Baba Suwe has been in a running battle with the anti-drug trafficking agency after he was detained on suspicion of drug trafficking on 12 October.
Agency operatives claimed that a body scanner at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport revealed that the comedian had more than a belly full of laughs and was allegedly trafficking narcotics in his system.
Baba Suwe, who had been on his way to France for a friend's child dedication service, was taken into NDLEA custody and held, without evidence, for over three weeks.
However, numerous bowel movements later, the NDLEA finally admitted that Baba Suwe had failed to excrete any drugs.
Enraged at the unfair treatment, his lawyer and activist Bamidele Aturu sued the NDLEA, and today's victorious ruling will ensure that the comedian Baba Suwe will be laughing all the way to the bank, N25 million richer.-Channels Tv
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