Leah Sharibu’s mother, Rebecca Sharibu has sued the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, demanding N500 million compensation for failing to ensure her daughter’s safety after being held by terrorist group, Boko Haram.
Rebecca Sharibu accused Idris and Malami of dereliction of their statutory duties in securing her daughter’s release in the suit filed on September 19, 2018 at a Lagos division of the Federal High Court.
The N500 million is determined in the suit to be compensation for the indignities and human deprivations suffered by the plaintiff as a result of this dereliction.
The suit also prayed to the court to direct the defendants to secure the immediate and unconditional release of Leah from the custody of her captors.
The suit, with reference no FCH/L/cs/1528/18, read, “An order of the Honourable court directing and mandating the defendants to secure the immediate and unconditional release of the plaintiff from the custody of her captors forthwith.
“An order compelling the defendants to employ every means in securing the plaintiff from the custody of her captors; an order compelling the defendants to pay the plaintiff the sum of N500 million being compensation for the indignities and human deprivations suffered by the plaintiff as a result of the defendants’ dereliction of statutory duties in securing her release from her captors since the month of February, 2018 till date of this action.”
The suit required the defendants to appear personally or by a legal representative by filing the appropriate response in the court, with failure to do so within a stipulated time recommended to be dealt with at the discretion of the presiding judge.
The other plaintiffs in the suit are Daniel Kadzai and Lift-Up-Now Incorporation, a non-governmental organization in the United States of America.
