A Lagos Court of Appeal has fixed October 18, 2012 for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s (NDLEA) appeal against an earlier judgement in favour of Yoruba actor Baba Suwe.
The NDLEA is appealing against the judgment of a Lagos High Courtordering it to pay N25m as damages to the actor for ‘illegally’ detaining him. The court, presided by Justice Yetunde Idowu on November 24, 2011, also ordered the agency to publicly apologise in two national newspapers.
The court saga was one of the most followed stories in Nigeria’s entertainment industry in 2011.
On March 2, 2012, the judge granted a partial stay of execution of the judgment, by ordering the NDLEA to pay the money to the Chief Registrar of the court, who would in turn pay it into an interest-yielding account.
The actor, best known for playing funny characters in Yoruba movies, was arrested by operatives of the NDLEA at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on October 12, 2011.
His detention by the NDLEA, based on its suspicion that he was in possession of hard drugs, lasted over three weeks and became an international matter, attracting the interest of foreign news organizations such as the BBC and Yahoo News.
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