A 32-year-old man, Gospel Kinanee, who allegedly spent 18 years in a correctional facility without trial after being detained as a teenager, has sued the Federal Government, the Nigerian Correctional Service and the Rivers State Government, demanding N10bn compensation.
Kinanee was allegedly arrested at the age of 14 and incarcerated in a correctional facility in Rivers State for nearly two decades without trial, record or trace.
The suit, marked PHC/1265/FHR/2026, was instituted by a Non-Governmental Organisation, Haven360 Community Impact Initiative, on behalf of Kinanee at the Rivers State High Court.
According to the court documents made available to Saturday PUNCH, other respondents joined in the suit are the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, the Minister of Interior, the Rivers State Government and the Attorney General of Rivers State.
In the originating motion dated April 13, 2026, Kinanee accused the respondents of unlawful arrest, detention, imprisonment, abuse, physical and mental degradation and humiliation.
