Appeal court reverses Baba Suwe’s N25m judgment

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The Court of Appeal in Lagos has set aside the judgment awarding N25m compensation to Yoruba actor, Babatunde Omidina (aka Baba Suwe) for alleged wrongful detention by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in October 2011.

Justice Yetunde Idowu of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, had on November 24, 2011 ordered the NDLEA to pay N25m to Omidina and publicly apologise to him in conspicuous pages of two national dailies for violating his rights to personal liberty.

However, in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Rita Pemu on Friday, the appellate court upheld NDLEA’s appeal against the judgment.  The three-man appeal panel held that the Lagos High Court, Ikeja lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the matter in the first place. The panel added that even if its decision on the jurisdictional issue was wrong, the arrest and detention, which the respondent (Omidina) had complained of was “not unreasonable.”

The Baba Suwe story and NDLEA N25m compensation saga

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Baba Suwe Yet To Receive
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says ‘Beggars, Agberos my greatest headache’, denies shooting film on his NDLEA ordeal
Babatunde Omidina, alias Baba Suwe was in the news for the wrong reason last year  following his arrest and detention by officers of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) on the assumption that he was in possession of hard drugs believed to be cocaine. For more than one month he was subjected to public  humiliation and at the end of it all, the court vindicated him, and  ordered that he be paid the sum of N25 million for his unlawful detention.



However, since the court handed down the verdict, the actor  has never known peace in the hands of street beggars and Area boys popularly known as Agberos who would  never stop trailing him and asking for alms. He shares his ordeal with  Showtime Celebrity. He also dismissed  insinuation that he is currently shooting a film to document his NDLEA ordeal.  Excerpt:
You must be a very busy man?

Baba Suwe Yet To Receive His N25m From NDLEA One Year After Arrest

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On October 13, 2012, Nigerian actor and movie producer Babatunde Omidina better known as Baba Suwe was taken into custody and detained by officers of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency under the assumption that he was in possession of hard drugs believed to be cocaine. Baba Suwe was arrested at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, on his way to Paris, France to attend a naming ceremony of an Air France staff scheduled for Saturday, October 15, 2011. He was supposed to be the master of ceremony at the event.