Prof Zainab Abiola, the wife of former President the late Chief MKO Abiola, has dragged the Nigeria Police Force and the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba to a Federal High Court in Abuja.
She was also suing the son of the IGP, Ibrahim, and former police orderly, Teju Moses for alleged defamation.
Abiola, in the suit with reference number FHA/ABJ/CS/2370/202 filed by her lawyer, Tawo Tawo (SAN), challenged the police for violating her fundamental human rights to life and dignity as a human being.
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According to a statement of claim obtained by reporters on Sunday, the plaintiff averred that she was framed on September 20, 2022, by one Ibrahim Alkali, the adopted son of the IGP.
Zainab Abiola stated that Alkali accused her of inflicting injury on her former orderly, Inspector Moses, a development she said has caused damage to her name and reputation.
She said;
“He (Ibrahim Alkali) conspired with my ex-orderly to lie that I inflicted bodily harm on her. We have CCTV cameras around that will reveal what happened when the proceedings commenced.”
Abiola’s widow further said since she was humiliated, dragged to court, and condemned by the court of public opinion, her personality and image had been irredeemably battered by the defamation, and assassination of character, thereby diminishing her status in society.
She again said:
“The aforementioned incident has caused me so much damage, trauma, and ill-health, and has reduced my standing and recognition in a global society, despite the fact that I have attained an international reputation.”
Zainab Abiola, in the writ of summons, begged the court for a declaration that the act of the police against her and other plaintiffs caused her a series of nightmares, as she is in constant fear for her life.
The plaintiff, therefore, asked the court to order the defendants to pay her hundred billion naira as damages for defamation, shame, ridicule, harassment, trauma, humiliation, and public embarrassment meted out to her by the police.
The court hence fixed the hearing of the case for February 28, 2023.
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