The Lebanese men who were arrested and detained for allegedly importing arms into the country have urged a Federal High Court in Abuja to sanction their immediate release from custody of the State Security Service (SSS).
Seeking the enforcement of their fundamental human rights, the Lebanese on Friday urged the court to declare that their arrest and continued detention by the SSS without trial as “illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional, null, void and of no effect whatsoever.” They similarly urged the court to hold that the SSS had no legal instrument to arrest and detain them, since May 11.
They named Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN) as respondents in the suit.
Denying that the arrested men had any connection with the Hezbollah Military Wing, their counsel, Mr. Adbullahi Raji (SAN) equally urged the court to grant an interim order restraining the SSS, IGP and AGF from continued arrest, detention, harassment and intimidation of their families, relations and business interests.
“They did not import any weapons into the country,” he said. “What they have are mere hunting rifles. My clients denied that the weapons that the SSS showed in exhibit 1, was found in their house in Kano.”
He also denied that any of his clients lived on Tukur Road, Nasarawa area of Kano, saying they instead live in Abuja.
The SSS is accusing Mustapha Fawaz, Abdalah Tahini and Talal Rouda — owners of Amigo Supermarket and Wonderland Amusement Park — of alleged importation of firearms and membership of the Hezbolla terror cell.
