Sa’adatu Yaro, an employee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has had her fundamental human rights case against the Department of State Services (DSS) rejected by a Federal Capital Territory High Court. The court’s ruling, delivered on Friday, dismissed Yaro’s suit filed against the secret police.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

Yaro’s legal action aimed to secure the release of her six luxury cars, which were seized by the DSS on July 12, as well as to obtain bail from her ongoing detention. She is a secondary defendant in the N6.9 billion procurement fraud case brought by the Federal Government against the suspended CBN governor, Godwin Emefile….CONTINUE READING

The absence of Yaro during the commencement of the trial led to a delay in proceedings on the previous day. Through a motion on notice designated as FCT/HC/CV/6918/23, Yaro’s legal representation, led by J.B Daudu SAN, requested the court to declare her arrest on July 12, 2023, along with her husband’s detention and the confiscation of her six high-end cars, as a violation of her fundamental human rights.

Daudu further argued that the DSS, lacking the status of an anti-graft agency, lacked the jurisdiction and statutory authority to delve into the business affairs of the applicant.

He contended that the extended detention and reported mistreatment of Yaro by the DSS since July 12, 2023, were clear infringements on her constitutionally protected Rights to Dignity of Human Person and Personal Liberty, as guaranteed by Sections 34 and 35 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.