Southern Kaduna Elders have brought the immediate former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, to court for human rights violations, demanding a compensation of ₦2.3 billion.
The elders, under the Adara Development Association (ADA), claimed they were detained, unjustly imprisoned, and later released by El-Rufai’s administration in 2019. The former Chairman of ADA, Aweni Dio Maisamari, and other claimants are demanding “₦2.3 billion in damages, ranging from arbitrary arrest, general exemplary damages, and special damages, given the quantum of rights violated”.
The case was adjourned by Justice Hauwa’u Buhari to allow proper service to the respondents, in line with order 5 rule 7 of the Fundamental Human Rights Acts.
The Adara Elders, who were unjustly imprisoned for over three months in 2019, sought the enforcement of their fundamental right even though the case against them by the El Rufai government was dismissed by the court then having found no evidence against them.
Counsel to the Plaintiffs, Gloria Ballason said at least one of the elders “was killed in very questionable and curious circumstances” He claims that Nasiru El-rufai administration was known for a “cocktail of rights violations including killings to wrongful imprisonments to attacks.”
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