Charles Oputa, also known
as Area Fada and Charly Boy, has filed a N500 million lawsuit against the Federal Capital
Territory (FCT) police command.
In the suit filed on
Wednesday at the FCT high court in Abuja, Charly Boy accused the command and
its officers of harassing him and members of his group during the “resume or
resign” protests.
THEWILL recalls that the
protesters had clashed with policemen from the FCT command during the
demonstration over President Muhammadu Buhari’s long stay in the UK receiving
medical attention.
In an originating motion
dated October 4, the entertainer through his counsel, Inibehe Effiong, attached
three video clips recorded during the attack as exhibits in the affidavit.
He asked the court to
determine whether the use of “water cannons, teargas canisters and wild police
dogs to harass him and members of his group during a peaceful protest” is
constitutional.
He also sought the
determination of the court on whether, considering the facts, the applicant is
entitled to “public apology, compensation, damages and other reliefs.”
Among other things, Charly
Boy prayed the court to compel the FCT police and its Commissioner to publish a
public apology to him in five national newspapers, pay the sum of N100 million
as general damages to the applicant as well as direct that N400 million be paid
as exemplary damages by the police.
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