A consultant to Act Technologies Limited,
one of the firms engaged by the Independent National Electoral
Commission to supply the Card Reader Machines, Muhammad Musa, has sued
the Department of State Services.
Musa, in his fundamental rights
enforcement suit which he filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja,
alleged that he was illegally detained by the DSS since March 24, 2015.
According to an affidavit filed in
support of his suit, Musa is being held in DSS detention alongside the
Chief Executive Officer of the consultant to Act Technologies Limited,
one of the suppliers of the machines to INEC.
Musa wants the court to award N100m damages against the security organisation for illegally detaining him.
He also wants the court to order his
release and declare his arrest, detention and continued intimidation by
the respondent (the DSS) in relation to the card reader issue as
illegal, unconstitutional and a violation of his fundamental rights.
The suit, FHC/ABJ/CS/292, was filed on his behalf on March 27 by his lawyer, Mahmud Magaji (SAN).
The plaintiff was said to have on March
24 received a phone call from the Director General of the DSS inviting
him to the organisation’s headquarters in Abuja and had since been held
in detention upon honouring the invitation.
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