Boko Haram kingpin sues the FG of Nigeria

The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed February 4 to hear a fresh suit lodged against

the FG by Kabiru Umar. a.k.a. Kabiru Sokoto,
who has convicted and sentenced to life
imprisonment for masterminding the Xmas day
bomb blast that killed about 44 persons and
wounded 75 others at St. Theresa’s Catholic
Church at Madalla, Niger State, in 2011.

Sokoto who had earlier filed a N300m suit
against the FG over alleged torture, yesterday,
re-approached the high court, accusing the FG
of frustrating his efforts to get his conviction
upturned at the Court of Appeal, by making it
impossible for him to have access to his
lawyer.
The motion is seeking an order from the court,
to allow Sokoto, who is currently detained at
the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison, Lagos, to
have access to his legal team. He is equally
seeking a declaration that the FG, by denying
him access to his lawyers, have thus violated
his right to fair hearing, right to counsel and
access to justice.