Children of late Mrs. Kudirat Abiola sue Buhari, seek $10m compensation

The children of late Mrs. Kudirat Abiola have dragged the Muhammadu Buhari administration to the ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja over what they termed the unlawful killing of their mother.

Khafila, Moriam, and Hadi Abiola are suing for themselves and on behalf of the other children of Kudirat.

In the suit, filed on their behalf by their counsel, Femi Falana, the children are challenging the “violation of the fundamental human rights to life and dignity of human person of the late Mrs Abiola.”

The Plaintiffs are arguing that, “the failure or refusal of the Defendant to protect the life of Late Alhaja Kudirat Abiola in the Republic of Nigeria amounts to a violation of Articles 1,4,5,18 and 23 of the African Charter.”

They are asking the ECOWAS Court of Justice for a declaration that the killing of their mother by the armed agents of the defendant in Lagos on June 4, 1996 is a violation of her rights to life and dignity guaranteed by articles 4 and 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and articles.

They also asked an order directing the defendant to charge Sergeant Barnabas Jebila (a.k.a. Rogers) Mohammed Abdul (a.k.a Katako) and Aminu Mohammed with murder, as well as an order directing the defendant to pay the sum of $10 million as compensation for the unlawful killing.

No date has been fixed for the hearing of the suit.