Zainab Kassim, a former Special Assistant to the President in the Office of the First Lady, has filed a suit against Nigeria first lady, Aisha Buhari over the enforcement of her fundamental human rights.
Zainab had claimed that some DSS officers acting on the orders of Aisha Buhari, allegedly abducted her and took her to the Presidential Villa where she was assaulted, dehumanised, and abused by the First Lady with the support of officers of the DSS and police for deleting her posts on social media.
Zainab in the law suit is demanding for N100m as damages from her and other respondents,
The other respondents in the case are; the Inspector General of Police and the Department of State Services.
She also asked the court to restrain the police and DSS from further arresting, detaining and torturing her.
In the suit with the number: FHC/ABJ/05/2021 obtained on Friday, she is asking the court to declare her arrest and detention as unlawful.