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EXTRA: ECOWAS Court orders FG to pay N63.7m, $10, 000 to German over unlawful arrest, detention
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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has ordered the Federal Republic of Nigeria to pay the sum of N53, 650,925 to a German national, Mr. Martin Gegenheimer, as special damages for various losses suffered and costs incurred while under unlawful arrest and detention by the Nigerian Immigration Service.
The court held that the cost was mainly to offset hotel expenses incurred by the German while under forced detention by the government.