Hearing in the suit brought against the State Security Services (SSS) and the Federal Government by Chief Raymond Dokpesi over the Independence Day twin bomb blasts in Abuja has been fixed for December 6, 2010 by a Federal High Court.
On the adjourned date, counsel in the litigation were expected to adopt their written addresses in the enforcement of human rights suit.
This came just as the counsel to the Federal Government, Alex Iziyon (SAN), brought an application to the court praying for an extension of time to enter appearance and also file his written address and counter-affidavit to the application filed by the plaintiff.
Justice Abdul Kafarati granted the application as prayed but the plaintiff counsel, Kanu Agabi (SAN) also sought for time to reply to the defendants’ application and on points of law, this was also granted by the court.
The SSS had earlier invited Dokpesi, director general of the General Ibrahim Babangida Campaign Organization, for questioning over the October 1 bomb blasts on the premise of some text messages which established a nexus between him and some persons suspected of complicity in the dastardly act, which led to the loss of lives and property in the country.
Dokpesi later approached the court seeking to enforce his rights by stopping the SSS from further harassing or intimidating him. He was asking for damages of N100 million over his interrogations which he said, were aimed at waging psychological war on him and prevent him from carrying out his duties as director general of the Babangida Campaign Organisation.
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