Justice Muslim Hassan of the Ibadan Division of the Court of Appeal, Oyo State on Tuesday, annuled the N20 billion exemplary and aggravated damages given to Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, against the Department of State Security
The court also overturned the decision that ruled the DSS’s award of damages for the attack on Igboho’s home unconstitutional, calling it obscene.
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In his decision, Justice Hassan ruled that the Oyo State High Court disregarded the legal justifications for exercising jurisdiction over the case and that the judge shouldn’t have chosen the amount of damages to be awarded based only on his personal preferences.
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