Baba Suwe battles NDLEA over N25m

Yoruba actor, Babatunde Omidina, popularly called Baba Suwe, has urged the Court of Appeal, Lagos, to affirm the judgment of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja awarding him N25m compensation following his detention by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency.

The anti-drug agency detained Omidina for 24 days in 2011 on the suspicion that he ingested hard drug.

Justice Chima Nweze-led appellate court reserved the case for judgment after parties adopted their brief of arguments on Thursday.

Nweze said the date for judgment would be communicated to the lawyers representing the two parties.

Omidina’s counsel, Mr. Bamidele Aturu, at the hearing of the case, said the appeal by NDLEA was “unmeritorious” and urged the appellate court to uphold the judgment of the lower court.

But the NDLEA counsel, Mr. Femi Oloruntoba, who justified the action of the agency in a five ground-appeal, asked the appellate court to set aside the lower court’s judgment.