Just In : Abiola’s children sue FG over ‘failure to protect Kudirat’, seek $10m compensation
The children of Kudirat Abiola, wife of MKO Abiola, presumed winner of the 1993 June 12 election, have filed a suit against the federal government over “failure to protect” their mother.
Khafila Abiola, Moriam Abiola, and Hadi Abiola are suing for themselves and on behalf of the other children of Kudirat.
In a suit marked ECW/CCJ/APP/62/2022, filed before the ECOWAS court of justice in Abuja on their behalf by their lawyer, 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”.
They argued 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.”
