Nigerian sues United Airlines, Ministry of Internal Affairs for forceful airlift from US in handcuffs

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday adjourned till November 6, 2014 further hearing in the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Mr. Jacob Ajumale against the United Airlines and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Ajumale has dragged the two defendants to court demanding $100m and N100m respectively from them as damages.

The applicant, through his lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), is asking the court to declare as illegal and a violation of his rights, his alleged forceful transportation from the United States to Nigeria by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on February 25, 2011 using the United Airlines.

Shame: Nigerian prisoners live on N200 daily

Moro, Interior Minister

The Executive Director, Community Outreach for Development and Welfare Advocacy, Mr. Taiwo Otitolaye, has said that inmates in Nigerian prisons live on contract food of N200 per day.

He stated that such was highly degrading and insufficient in view of the current realities and cost of living in the country.

He spoke with journalists in Ilorin on Wednesday during a training on legislative advocacy and project management by the Human Rights Agenda Network, Kwara State chapter.

Otitolaye also decried the delay in justice delivery in the country. He noted that many inmates stay more months or years on awaiting trail than they would have spent if they had been convicted.