The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday applied for a stay of execution on an earlier court order that the agency should pay N25 million to Nollywood actor, Babatunde Omidina, aka Baba Suwe, for violating his rights to personal liberty.

Justice Yetunde Idowu of a Lagos High court, before whom the application was brought, fixed March 2 for ruling on the application.

Justice Idowu, in her judgment condemned the agency’s disregard for the actor’s constitutionally guaranteed rights, and also ordered the agency to tender public apology published on “conspicuous pages of two national daily newspapers within 21 days.”

The judge said, “If you can treat Nigerian citizen this way, what are you portraying to the outside world.”

Baba Suwe who was arrested on October 12, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos by operatives of the NDLEA on the suspicion of ingestion of substances likely to be banned drugs, was released on the order of Justice Idowu on November 4, after 24 days in detention