A federal capital territory high
court, on Thursday, struck out a suit filed by Ali Konduga, alleged former
spokesman of Boko Haram, against the Department of State Services (DSS) and
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF).
Samira Bature, the judge, struck
out the suit following an application for discontinuance filed by Mohammed
Tola, Konduga’s counsel.
Bature said the defendants
earlier pointed out that the court had no jurisdiction to handle the matter and
that with the motion for discontinuance by the applicant, the suit is struck
out.
Emmanuel Edu, holding the brief
for Konduga’s counsel, told the court that his client intends to discontinue
the suit.
Konduga sued the DSS and the AGF
over an alleged breach of his fundamental rights.
He was convicted by a chief
magistrates’ court in Abuja and sentenced to three years imprisonment for
criminal intimidation in 2011.
In the suit, he alleged that he
was kept in detention for three years after serving his three-year jail term
before he was released in 2016.
Konduga claimed he was kept in
the custody of the DSS instead of in prison to serve his term because the
government wanted him to serve as a key witness to prove a terrorism charge
against Ali Ndume, a senator.
He alleged that the DSS offered
his family N700,000 when he was released, and informed them that the money was
meant for his medical treatment.
He said the gesture showed that
the DSS knew he was entitled to compensation for his “illegal and unlawful
detention”, adding that the secret police refused to pay him any other
compensation except the N700,000.
He said some individuals attacked
him after he was released in 2016 and he sustained a head injury from the
attack.
He also demanded an apology in
three national newspapers from the respondents.
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