Gani Adams files N5bn suit against Igboho’s invasion of privacy

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams has filed proceedings before an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, against Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Igboho, on issues bordering on unconstitutional publication of his private telephone conversation between him and another person, without his consent .

Adams in the suit delineated M/1006/2024 to seek for the enforcement of his fundamental rights, stated that the Igboho’s action with the publication, is injurious to him severely as an individual and his highly exalted office as the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland.

In his Originating Motion on Notice dated October 15, 2024, the applicant is seeking for a court order declaring that as a citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, he has a constitutionally guaranteed right to the privacy of his home, correspondence, telephone conversations and telegraphy communications by virtue of section 37 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal…