A woman, Habiba Abdullahi, has filed a suit before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, seeking the enforcement of her fundamental human r
A woman, Habiba Abdullahi, has filed a suit before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, seeking the enforcement of her fundamental human rights, which she claims have been violated by top police authorities and Senator Yusuf Abubakar.
In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/—/2025, the applicant listed the Inspector-General of Police, the Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Head of IGP Monitoring Unit, and the Area Commander, Lifecamp, as the first to fourth respondents, respectively.
Also joined in the suit, are Senator Yusuf Abubakar and Superintendent of Police Abdulmajeed Yusuf, as the fifth and sixth respondents.
Habiba Abdullahi, through her counsel, is asking the court to declare that the alleged harassment, intimidation, threats of arrest, and detention by the police at the instance of the fifth and sixth respondents are illegal, unconstitutional, and amount to a flagrant violation of her fundamental human rights.
She is invoking sections 34, 35, 36, 37, and 41 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), as well as relevant provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The applicant is also seeking an order of perpetual injunction restraining the respondents, their agents, or privies from further harassing, threatening, arresting, detaining, or invading her privacy, except by a valid court order.
In addition, Habiba Abdullahi is asking the court to award ₦100 million in general and exemplary damages against the respondents jointly and severally, for what she described as the gross violation of her rights.
She further demanded ₦5 million as the cost of the action, including professional fees and filing expenses.
The motion, brought pursuant to sections 46(1) and (3) of the Constitution and Order 2 Rules 1 and 2 of the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules, 2009, was filed under the inherent jurisdiction of the court.
The matter is expected to come up for hearing in Abuja at a date to be fixed by the court.
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