Yesterday,Lagos lawyer, Mr. Rickey Tarfa, SAN, that filed a suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited withdrew the N5billion fundamental rights suit he filed.
Tarfa had alleged the violation of his rights to privacy by the respondents.
Other defendants in the suit were EFCC acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, Mrs. Rashidatou Abdou and Femi Falana, SAN.
Following the withdrawal of the suit, the trial judge, Justice Mohammed Idris awarded a punitive cost of N10,000 against Tarfa in favour of each of the five respondents. Tarfa had filed the suit following his arrest on February 5 by EFCC operatives on the premises of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere, where he allegedly hid two suspects in his car to prevent their arrest.
His two mobile phones and his Mercedez Benz SUV with Registration No. KJA 700 CG, were confiscated by the EFCC.
Tarfa alleged that the respondents violated his right to privacy by allegedly scrutinising his call logs.
He therefore urged the court to declare that the respondents violated his right protected by Section 37 of the Constitution, when, without a court order, MTN allegedly made the call log on his mobile line, available to the EFCC and the others respondents, who in turn allegedly released the information to Sahara Reporters and other online media.
Lagos lawyer, Mr.
Rickey Tarfa, SAN, yesterday, withdrew the N5billion fundamental rights
suit he filed against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited and others.
Tarfa had alleged the violation of his rights to privacy by the
respondents.
Other defendants in the suit were EFCC acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu,
Mrs. Rashidatou Abdou and Femi Falana, SAN.
Following the withdrawal of the suit, the trial judge, Justice Mohammed
Idris awarded a punitive cost of N10, 000 against Tarfa in favour of
each of the five respondents.
Tarfa had filed the suit following his arrest on February 5 by EFCC
operatives on the premises of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere,
where he allegedly hid two suspects in his car to prevent their arrest.
His two mobile phones and his Mercedez Benz SUV with Registration No.
KJA 700 CG, were confiscated by the EFCC.
Tarfa alleged that the respondents violated his right to privacy by
allegedly scrutinising his call logs. He therefore urged the court to
declare that the respondents violated his right protected by Section 37
of the Constitution, when, without a court order, MTN allegedly made the
call log on his mobile line, 08034600000, available to the EFCC and the
others respondents, who in turn allegedly released the information to
Sahara Reporters and other online media.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/rickey-tarfa-withdraws-n5bn-suit/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/rickey-tarfa-withdraws-n5bn-suit/
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