By Muhammed Shaeed
September 25th, 2024
The immediate past governor of Kaduna, Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai, has been sued by the Elders of Southern Kaduna over alleged breach of their fundamental human rights, unlawful imprisonment, and harassment.
The Federal High Court was told by the Elders that they were detained, unjustly imprisoned, and later released by the former Governor Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai-led administration in 2019.
Counsel to the Plaintiffs, Gloria Ballason explained that her clients were unjustly imprisoned by the immediate past administration of the state for more than 3 months in 2019 and later released because nothing was found against them.
“We are here for a case of unjust imprisonment of the Adara Elders. They were imprisoned in 2019, and they came to court to seek the enforcement of their fundamental rights.
“Their Chief, Rafael Maiwada Galadima was killed in very questionable and curious circumstances about the same time this arrest occured under the administration of Mallam Nasiru Elrufai.
“It so happened that my client standing here with me -Mr. Aweni Dio Maisamari had shown up at a meeting and wanted to enquire but was bundled up and taken to prison including 8 others. After more than 3 months, the court found nothing against them and the case was dismissed.
“The Nasiru Elrufai administration was well known to be that of a cocktail of rights violations including killings to wrongful imprisonments to attacks,” Ballason added