Internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, has filed a
fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, alleging unlawful detention and a
violation of his rights.
He was arrested by the EFCC in October on allegation of
cybercrime and money laundering.
In the suit he filed before the Lagos State High Court in
Igbosere, Mompha is urging the court to award N5m against the EFCC
for detaining him beyond the constitutionally-allowed period
without being charged to court.
He prayed the court to order the EFCC to either immediately
charge him to court or release him if it was not ready to charge
him to court.
His lawyer, Mr Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), said his client, as a
Nigerian, was entitled to the protection of his fundamental rights
under sections 34, 35 and 36 of the 1999 constitution.
Oyewole said his client was arrested on October 19 at the Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja by the EFCC which accused him
of money laundering.
He said the remand order which the EFCC obtained to keep Mompha
had since expired and he ought to be released.
In a 20-paragraph supporting affidavit, one Olumuyiwa Ajidagba
claimed that “The applicant (Mompha) has been subjected to
physical, mental and psychological torture in the underground cell
of the EFCC’s detention centre.”
The court has yet to fix any date to hear the case.
The EFCC had said in October that it arrested the internet
celebrity in Abuja on his way to Dubai, based on “actionable
cross-border intelligence received from collaborative law
enforcement agencies about his alleged involvement in the criminal
activities.”
The anti-graft agency said, “Ismaila, who allegedly perpetrates
his fraudulent activities under the guise of being a bureau de
change operator, is always seen with his little son flaunting huge
amount of foreign currencies on his social media platforms.
“Investigations have also revealed that Ismaila is only using
the BDC business he jointly owned with his siblings as a decoy to
launder his proceeds of crime.”
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