ConcernMan:

Thank you my brother. I think it is high time we had a legal section in this forum. I feels so nauseous when laymen make puerile arguments on a pure legal issue like this. Bamidele Aturu(Counsel to Baba Suwe) will just finish his money prosecuting this appeal to no avail unless he is doing that on a pro bono basis. Baba Suwe's right to liberty was derogated from him pursuant to an order of a court of competent jurisdiction granting NDLEA the power to detain the alleged suspects(Baba Suwe) for more days to enable it conclude its investigation. There was nothing unconstitutional about Baba Suwe's detention. The Lagos State High Court Judge was definitely high on weed when he awarded such outrageous damages. What NDLEA did was its statutory function. The highest it owe Baba Suwe was a public apology

soulfood:
If the examples you have mentioned above actually happen in civilized countries, they would have sued(apart from the job thing which i am guessing is an attempt at sarcasm by you). This is yet another reason for us to get out of the Jungle as a country.

Baba Suwe is a public figure. A role model to many and a successful actor. Imagine LAPD narcotics dept arresting Sean Connery or Morgan freeman and parading him as a drug trafficker, subjecting him to physical and emotional abuse, only to be unable to prove he had drugs on him. The actor(s) will sue the living daylight out of LAPD. That is how it works my guy.

The instances of people you gave above do not bother suing in Nigeria because they are afraid it will be swept under the carpet like they are about to do with Baba Suwe.

maasoap: And who asked you tell us story as if we didn't know already? The contentious issue here is that: are they empowered to detain and subject innocent people to inhuman treatment (as in d case of baba Suwe) and still get away wt it.
BTW, where is that suspicious substance they found inside him?

soulfood:
If the examples you have mentioned above actually happen in civilized countries, they would have sued(apart from the job thing which i am guessing is an attempt at sarcasm by you). This is yet another reason for us to get out of the Jungle as a country.

Baba Suwe is a public figure. A role model to many and a successful actor. Imagine LAPD narcotics dept arresting Sean Connery or Morgan freeman and parading him as a drug trafficker, subjecting him to physical and emotional abuse, only to be unable to prove he had drugs on him. The actor(s) will sue the living daylight out of LAPD. That is how it works my guy.

The instances of people you gave above do not bother suing in Nigeria because they are afraid it will be swept under the carpet like they are about to do with Baba Suwe.

Ebenezerk2: it was a good judgement

addicted268: thank you for this.you have said it all.I don't know whether to hold the long military rule we experienced accountable for our lack of knowledge of our fundamental human rights.I think baba suwe was within his rights to sue the NDLEA.they encroached on his rights,detained him unlawfully,not to mention the physical and emotional embarrassment,tarnished his reputation which he had suffered to build over the years,etc etc.True, the NDLEA CLAIMED their scanner saw something in his system but fact is that nothing was discovered there.if they had apologized to him and he decided to forget d case,that would have been ok.since he decided to sue,he is still within his rights.

addicted268: thank you for this.you have said it all.I don't know whether to hold the long military rule we experienced accountable for our lack of knowledge of our fundamental human rights.I think baba suwe was within his rights to sue the NDLEA.they encroached on his rights,detained him unlawfully,not to mention the physical and emotional embarrassment,tarnished his reputation which he had suffered to build over the years,etc etc.True, the NDLEA CLAIMED their scanner saw something in his system but fact is that nothing was discovered there.if they had apologized to him and he decided to forget d case,that would have been ok.since he decided to sue,he is still within his rights.

kingsolo215: The Court of Appeal is right on this. He was detained on the orders of a Nigerian court, therefore he was legally held under the law of the land. It's a pity he had to go through that ordeal, but it was a necessary evil. He should just go and rest and stop wasting his money paying lawyers who would want him to continue the case even when they know it is a lost battle. They just want to get paid. Baba suwe should wise up

parki:

what type of scanner? Is it those outdated scanners we have in our airports that u r referring to as Scanners? What can those scanners detect in the human body. Let us be honest, Our scanners are outdated and Ndlea is a joke. When you go abroad, asides from scanners, their border agents also have sniffers dogs. Dogs that are highly trained to sniff cocaine out even in your blokus. In Nigeria, we are accusing someone of carrying drugs with our outdated scanners. No proper confirmation was done to verify; they just detained him.

Back to the ruling, Ndlea should pay up. They falsely detained him; therefore, they should pay. Nigerians should learn how to respect the law.

Anyways, the Nigerian legal system is a joke but that's diff talk for anoda day.

Frank-C:
I think it is quite emotional to expect this man to get any money from NDLEA after an encounter in their line of duty. If NDLEA pay Baba Suwe, then police will need to pay even those that were arrested, detained and later proven innocent in the court. NCAA will also pay airlines for stopping them from taking off on schedule for any reason. The courts will also pay the accused eact time he is confirmed innocent after judgement. Oni should be paying Fayemi and companies will be paying those that attended their jon interviews but never got the job.

nonso84: Ghen Ghen ghen!
**grabs pop corn**
waiting for part 2.

mistiff007: Another developing country jungle judicial system ruling,what a slap & cheat on the poor actor.

I don't want wanwt to comment on this