Charles Okah Drags Minister,Others to Court Over Curious Fumigation,Drug

Nigeria’s Minister of Interior along with other prison authorities have been dragged before an FCT High Court by Mr Charles Okah who is presently in detention at Kuje Prisons,Abuja.
In his writ of summons, Okah is seeking “A DECLARATION that the fumigation of the Plaintiff’s cell while the Plaintiff was inside the Cell by the officers of Kuje Prisons, Abuja under the control and authority of the 1st – 3rd Defendants amounts to a breach of the Fundamental Human Right to life and dignity of the Plaintiff, as guaranteed by Sections 33 (1) and 34 (1) (a) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, (as amended).
“A Declaration that the administration on the Plaintiff of the drug called Epilim Sodium Viproate, (ESV), primarily used for the ailment of epilepsy, when the plaintiff was not epileptic and had no history of epilepsy, by the officers of Kuje Prisons, Abuja under the control and authority of the 1st – 3rd Defendants, amounts to abreach of the Fundamental Human Right to life and dignity of the Plaintiff, as guaranteed by Sections 33 (1)and 34 (1) (a) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, (as amended).
He is seeking “A Declaration that the intentional denial of the Plaintiff of medication for the treatment of the Plaintiff’s hypertension and high blood pressure, by the officers of Kuje Prisons, Abuja under the control and authority of the 1st – 3rd Defendants amounts to a breach of the Fundamental Human Right to life and dignity of the Plaintiff, as guaranteed by Sections 33 (1) and 34 (1) (a) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, (as amended).
Equally, he is praying for AN ORDER awarding the sum of N500, 000, 000. 00 (Five Hundred Million Naira) only as damages against the 1st – 3rd Defendants, for the actions of the officers of Kuje Prisons, Abuja under the control and authority of the 1st – 3rd Defendants, in breach of the Fundamental Human Right to life and dignity of the Plaintiff, as guaranteed by Sections 33 (1) and 34 (1) (a) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, (as amended).
“An Order mandating the officers of Kuje Prisons, Abuja under the control and authority of the 1st – 3rd Defendants to allow the Plaintiff access to proper medication as and when due.
“An Order restraining the officers of Kuje Prisons, Abuja under the control and authority of the 1st – 3rd Defendants from administering the drug called Epilim Sodium Viproate, (ESV), primarily used for the ailment of epilepsy, and any other harmful drug on the Plaintiff.
“Any Other Order Or Orders which this Honorable Court may deem fit to make in the circumstances of this case.
The suit which was filed by his solicitors, the Festus Keyamo Chambers has already been assigned to Justice
A.S Adepoju of FCT High Court.