Emmanuel Madubuezi, a Nigerian student, has filed N1 billion
lawsuit against the army after a soldier allegedly shot him resulting in the
amputation of his leg.
On September 14, 2017, gunshots fired by the officer had hit
Madubuezi, who was seated in a tricycle on his way to Port Harcourt
Polytechnic, where he was studying at the time.
The bullet had pierced through his left leg and hit an
elderly woman seated next to him.
In the suit filed by Tope Akinyode, his lawyer, before the
federal high court, Port Harcourt, Madubuezi is seeking a redress over alleged
violating of his human rights.
Other defendants in the suit are the chief of army staff,
the attorney-general of the federation and Bet9ja, a betting company.
In the case with suit number: FHC/PH/FHR/118/2020, the
applicant is asking the court to declare that the gunshots which was fired on
his client and the amputation of his client’s leg contravenes his fundamental
human right to life, human dignity and freedom of movement.
According to Akinyode, who is also the national president of
revolutionary lawyers’ forum, the court has not assigned a date for the suit,
as of Thursday.
The development comes weeks after the lawyer threatened to
sue the army for ‘neglecting’ Madubuezi after the incident.
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