A retired Nigerian Navy official has demanded Ksh3.3 billion (approximately 12 billion Nairas) in compensation for damages caused when he was allegedly deported from Kenya to Nigeria.
Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) reportedly handcuffed the ex-military official minutes after he landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on June 10, 2017.
He appealed to the Federal High Court in Lagos to direct the Nigerian NIS to compensate him for violating his rights.
Additionally, the Nigerian wants his name cleared through a communique sent to the Kenyan Immigration Service, clarifying that he was neither a criminal nor was he under investigation by the Federal Government.
He also sought an order to direct the spies to hand back his international passport, whose confiscation he claimed was unlawful and unconstitutional.
The former military official further claimed he was taken under the custody of the Special Fraud Unit without a court ruling to warrant the 'extraordinary rendition'.
"Declare the deporation/extraordinary rentition illegal and the confiscation of his international passport since June 13, 2017 unlawful and uncontitutional," he told the Federal High Court
According to the court papers, the Nigerian officials declined to arraign him at a Kenyan court.
The trader, who runs an agro-related business in Kenya, stated that he was released months after he was arrested and detained.
His case will be mentioned on Wednesday, November 9, at a court in Nigeria.
Notably, according to the Promulgated 2010 Constitution, the Penal Code provides for the deportation of a foreigner who has been convicted of a crime in Kenya.
