An investigative journalist, Zainab Sodiq, has filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja against the Attorney-General of the Federation, the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), the Department of State Services, and a DSS operative, Abdulwahab Habib, seeking ₦4billion in damages over her alleged unlawful arrest, detention and continued seizure of her professional equipment.

Police officers assaulted the journalist, seized her phone and camera, and detained her at the Anti-Violence Crime Unit in Guzape alongside dozens of traders.

Police officers assaulted the journalist, seized her phone and camera, and detained her at the Anti-Violence Crime Unit in Guzape alongside dozens of traders.