A photographer, Nasiru Ali, is demanding N100 million as damages from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for "wrongly" parading him as an internet fraudsterYahoo boy.

Ali was arrested in the early hours of May 17, 2019, after EFCC operatives raided his home in Abuja.

The photographer was reportedly alseep when officials of the anti-graft agency stormed his house.

Subsequently, his picture and name alongside nine other people was published on May 20 on EFCC's Instagram page.



In a petition dated May 30, 2019 and addressed to the acting EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Magu, the photographer through his lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbensi, said he lost a N5 million contract over the incident.

Ali demanded for an "unreserved apology" for the "wrongful arrest" and "libellous publication."

"That your good office publish and tender an unreserved apology for the wrongful arrest and unlawful detention as well as the libellous publication of our client for no just cause on all your online platforms and two other national newspapers," the petition read.

"That you pay to our client the sum of one hundred million naira only (100. 000, 000.00) being minimal damages to assuage his already battered reputation."

The photographer said should the EFCC fail to meet the conditions within seven days, he would go to court.

Source: https://www.enttown.com/2019/06/09/photographer-sues-efcc-for-wrongfully-parading-him-demands-100million-naira-for-damages/

EFCC is a piece of garbage.

Good...sue those black b@stard

Useless efcc

*spits*

sorry Ali..but before EFCC publish him name as internet fraudster them for do there investigations also now..

I want more of these bold steps not those that will begging them for release. And I m begining to think that won't it be better for efcc to go back and arrest all our thieving politicians for a start

Wrongful arrest and sometimes public parades or mugshot happen everywhere in the world and nobody asks for the close of law enforcement.

In saying that, he must be adequately compensated for the negative effect of his wrongful parade.

Can't win them all.

that is what i call using ur right,if we the citizens knows our right we will be free from all oppression,the time has come for us to rule not been ruled by mediocres