Nigeria, Oct. 19 -- The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) challenging a judgement awarding Monday Ubani, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), N12 million in compensation for his unlawful detention in 2019.

Delivering judgement on the appeal on Thursday, a three-member panel of judges unanimously upheld the award.

The appellate court also ordered the commission to pay N300,000 in costs, according to a statement shared with PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday.

Mr Ubani, a lawyer and former vice-president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), was not yet a SAN when the EFCC detained him in March 2019. He attained the rank in 2024.

The dispute began after the EFCC declared Ngozi Ol...