The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed N10 billion rights suit filed by the Nollywood actor Emeka Ike against Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Justice Salim Ibrahim recently upheld the preliminary objections of the respondents on the grounds that the suit was incompetent and improperly constituted.
Emeka Ike, who aspired to vie for the House of Representatives’ seat for AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency, Abuja, for the 2027 general elections on the platform of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), lost the bid in a primary poll.
Wike’s aide, through a post on X in May, was alleged to have mocked the moviestar by leaking his confidential voter registration details on social media.
Ike then sued Olayinka, asking the court to declare his decision to publish his database on X without his approval a gross breach and violation his fundamental right to privacy and the protection of personal data.
Reacting, Lere urged the court to dismiss the suit in the interest of justice, stressing that he did not owe the actor any duty of care and confidentiality and did not require his consent to publish his name and passport photograph that was already in the public domain.
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