Court Awards N30m Cost Against Ex-PDP Chairman’s Wife For Locking Up Aide In Dog’s Cage For Three Days

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has awarded N30 million cost against Mrs Marianne Ahmadu Ali, wife of a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmadu Ali, for locking up her Personal Assistant, Ms. Deborah Longs Nanpon, in a filthy dog’s cage for three days.

Justice Akanbi- Yusuf held that Ms. Deborah was unlawfully detained by the politician’s wife in a dehumanising condition.

Besides the monetary compensation of N30 million, the court further ordered Marianne to tender a public apology to Nanpon in a national newspaper.

The case was supported by the Human Rights Radio and Television, Abuja with the services of lawyers from the
International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA).

The bizarre story broke out sometime in April 2022 about how Dr. (Mrs.) Marianne Ahmadu Ali dehumanised her personal assistant.

Mrs. Ali had the lady beaten and locked up in a dog’s cage for three days without food or water.

She was constrained to defecate and urinate on herself in the cage.

However, the matter got to Ahmed Isah of the popular reality radio programme, Brekete Family, which is broadcast daily from Abuja on Human Rights Radio and Television.