Baba Suwe's Lawyer To Sue NDLEA For N1 Billion

Barrister Badr Mohammed Bashir, lawyer to Nollywood comic actor Baba Suwe, who has been detained for seven days at Lagos airport, says he is set to sue the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for N1billion for breaching the fundamental human rights of his client.

Barr. Bashir told P.M.NEWS today that irrespective of the outcome of the waiting game between NDLEA and Baba Suwe, the anti narcotics agency has no business holding his client for more than 24 hours over alleged involvement in drug trafficking.

He said: “Right now, I am preparing the brief to file for the enforcement of the fundamental human right of my client at the Federal High Court and by Friday I can assure you that the matter will be in court. NDLEA has no right whatsoever to detain my client indefinitely. I am not saying they should not do their job but rather they should do it within the limit of the law. No law permits them to detain Baba Suwe indefinitely but since they have chosen to do what pleases them, then I have not option than to sue them for N1billion”

Barr. Bashir lamented that he has not been able to contacthis client since he was detained on Wednesday last week as NDLEA officials have continuously refused all his entreaties to see him.

“Can you imagine that NDLEA officials told me that I cannot see my client until they are through with him? Where have you heard that when someone is under investigation, he cannot see his or her lawyer. I think this is the height of abuse of the law and NDLEA must pay for this,” he said.

The ace comedian, whose real name is Babatunde Omidina, was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on Wednesday, 12 October as he was about boarding an Air France flight to Paris, France, where he was billed to attend a naming ceremony.

He was detained after some strange particles suspected to be hard drugs were allegedly detected in his stomach by the United States-donated scanner known as Soter RS.

He has denied the allegations and promised to sue the agency.

The Director General of NDLEA, Mr. Femi Ajayi, said in a television interview on Monday that according to standard practice, a drug suspect must test negative at least three times to convince anti-narcotics agents he is innocent after particles are detected by the scanning machine.

The Lagos airport Commander of the NDLEA, Mr. Hamza Umar, said last week after the arrest that there was enough ground for suspecting the comedian, adding that in previous arrests, some suspects had excreted the drug at the fourth excretion.

For seven days now, since the popular comedian was arrested and detained by NDLEA operatives, Nigerians have been waiting to know the outcome of the drug saga.

The arrest of Baba Suwe is generating a lot of interest in the Nigerian media and social network sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

Thousands of people had shared P.M.NEWS stories on Baba Suwe on their facebook pages, millions have been discussing it and many more are holding their breath to know who between Baba Suwe and the NDLEA will be vindicated.

Some are already calling the drug saga, a tragicomedy of gargantuan errors.

Meanwhile, Baba Suwe’s colleague, Adewale Elesho, has warned that there would be problems in the country if the comedian dies in NDLEA cell.

Speaking with P.M.NEWS, Elesho wondered why the comedian is still being detained after several excretions that all tested negative to drug ingestion.

He said that NDLEA owes the public an explanation “because I am suspecting that they might want to play a fast game and implicate the actor.”

Elesho told P.M.NEWS that he is awaiting directives from former ANTP president, Jide Kosoko, to know the next line of action.



Honestly, this is becoming an abuse, the whole baba suwe drug saga is starting to look like a setup

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Posted: at 19-10-2011 08:42 PM (13 years ago) | Addicted Hero

why not make it 100 Billion..shameless and wicked nation

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Posted: at 19-10-2011 10:04 PM (13 years ago) | Addicted Hero

This is why i call this article super story from day one, just take a look of what this infidanes has done, they have tarnich the man's profile, how can he face his fance outside the country because we the homies have known the truth, for thos guy on duty that particuler day should be fired and go to gail for demoteing a man of honor this is so bad to be honest and it also show that so many things/works they cliamed to hep guilty of this may be some cases like and they will go to prison base they dont
have uper hand to get them out from their  wicked hand, thank God that thier cup has filled up and now it's runing all over then, they should drink cos they are keeping for any body, it's your case so let them fase the law os insults and penalty that backed it up..

Posted: at 19-10-2011 10:52 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie

lets c hw d story ends.

Posted: at 19-10-2011 11:01 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie

that would have been too much , abi you want your own share out ofthat amount?

Posted: at 19-10-2011 11:14 PM (13 years ago) | Grande Master

hmmm.... Naija self! I don't tire oooooo

Posted: at 19-10-2011 11:22 PM (13 years ago) | Upcoming

abi?

Posted: at 19-10-2011 11:41 PM (13 years ago) | Upcoming

Fela don talk am before says HUMAN RIGHT NA MY PROPERTY, there's no law in that country..NDLEA  m*******phyuker

Posted: at 20-10-2011 12:04 AM (13 years ago) | Newbie

Shut up ur mouth..is ur country better than mine?? luk @ ur head like yam..
U don't hv any right to judge nigeria..

Posted: at 20-10-2011 12:42 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac

My guy I agree with you 100%,and I thank God that you are not a Nigerian. If you are a Nigerian, I will denounce my Nigerian citizenship
and move to Libya.

Posted: at 20-10-2011 01:00 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac