Dan china drags FG, AGF, NSA to court, demands N1billion damages

A former gubernatorial aspirant under the defunct Congress for
Progressive Change (CPC), in Bauchi state during the 2011 general
elections, Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu Usman popularly called Dan China
has dragged the Federal Government, Attorney General of the
Federation, (AGF) as well as the National Security Adviser (NSA) to
court demanding for the sum of N1 billion over his continued
detention and alleged infringement of his fundamental human
rights.

In the suit filed by his Counsel, Barrister Gyang Zi before the
Federal High Court, Bauchi he said that his continued detention was
against the law and therefore he was demanding to be released from
detention as the matter came up for hearing and the respondents
were not in the court,

The Counsel while speaking to Journalists in the court premises
said that “The matter was on the continued detention of my client
on the issue of mining which was unlawful, arbitrary and an
egregious violation of his human rights.”

He alleged that the respondents invaded the residence of Alhaji
Abdullahi Adamu Dan China at Sabon Gari Narabi in Toro Local
Government area in Bauchi state using military personnel which
was unlawful.

Zi said, “the action of the respondents harassing, embarrassing
and arresting and detaining my client from 24 January 2018 till
date a period of about 30 days and still running in the manner
aforesaid and the refusal to allow us access to him and family
members is illegal, unlawful and gross violation of the
Constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria 1999 as
amended”.

“We also want the respondents to pay our Client Adamu Usman the
sum of N1,000,000,000,00 one billion naira only as general damages
and compensation for the unlawful arrest, frustration, detention
and subjecting him to psychological trauma”, he said.

The Counsel to Abdullahi Adamu further said that “we also want a
perpetual injunction restraining the respondents from further
arrest, detention, frustration, disturbance and subjecting our
client to undue psychological trauma in connection to mining or at
his residence”.

Meanwhile, Justice Mohammed Shitu Abubabakar of the Federal High
Court Bauchi while listening to the plaintiff said that with the
absence of the respondents and no court process have filled by them
the matter cannot go on.

He then adjourned the case to 15th of March 2018 for hearing to
enable the respondents to respond to the court processes.

The counsel to Adamu said all the 3 respondents the Federal
Government, Attorney General of the Federation and National
Security Adviser were served with the order of notice on the 8th
February 2018 by order of the court.

A former gubernatorial aspirant under the defunct Congress for
Progressive Change (CPC), in Bauchi state during the 2011 general
elections, Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu Usman popularly called Dan China
has dragged the Federal Government, Attorney General of the
Federation, (AGF) as well as the National Security Adviser (NSA) to
court demanding for the sum of N1 billion over his continued
detention and alleged infringement of his fundamental human
rights.

In the suit filed by his Counsel, Barrister Gyang Zi before the
Federal High Court, Bauchi he said that his continued detention was
against the law and therefore he was demanding to be released from
detention as the matter came up for hearing and the respondents
were not in the court,

The Counsel while speaking to Journalists in the court premises
said that “The matter was on the continued detention of my client
on the issue of mining which was unlawful, arbitrary and an
egregious violation of his human rights.”

He alleged that the respondents invaded the residence of Alhaji
Abdullahi Adamu Dan China at Sabon Gari Narabi in Toro Local
Government area in Bauchi state using military personnel which
was unlawful.

Zi said, “the action of the respondents harassing, embarrassing
and arresting and detaining my client from 24 January 2018 till
date a period of about 30 days and still running in the manner
aforesaid and the refusal to allow us access to him and family
members is illegal, unlawful and gross violation of the
Constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria 1999 as
amended”.

“We also want the respondents to pay our Client Adamu Usman the
sum of N1,000,000,000,00 one billion naira only as general damages
and compensation for the unlawful arrest, frustration, detention
and subjecting him to psychological trauma”, he said.

The Counsel to Abdullahi Adamu further said that “we also want a
perpetual injunction restraining the respondents from further
arrest, detention, frustration, disturbance and subjecting our
client to undue psychological trauma in connection to mining or at
his residence”.

Meanwhile, Justice Mohammed Shitu Abubabakar of the Federal High
Court Bauchi while listening to the plaintiff said that with the
absence of the respondents and no court process have filled by them
the matter cannot go on.

He then adjourned the case to 15th of March 2018 for hearing to
enable the respondents to respond to the court processes.

The counsel to Adamu said all the 3 respondents the Federal
Government, Attorney General of the Federation and National
Security Adviser were served with the order of notice on the 8th
February 2018 by order of the court.