The Ibadan Division of the Oyo State Court of Appeal, has annulled the N20 billion cautionary and exemplary damages awarded to Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, against the Department of State Security.

The court also invalidated the judgement that said the attack on Igboho’s house is illegal.

It further described the award for damages against the DSS as outrageous.

In his ruling, Justice Muslim Hassan stated that the Oyo State High Court disregarded the grounds for the case in acquiring jurisdiction.

He further emphasized that the judge should not have decided on the award of damages based on his own preferences.

It would be recalled that the Oyo State High Court had in September 2021 declared the raid conducted by the Department of State Service (DSS) on the residence of Sunday Igboho in Ibadan as illegal.

Justice Ladiran Akintola had ordered the DSS to pay N20 billion to Igboho as exemplary and aggravated damages.

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