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A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the Emeka Ike privacy suit, in which the Nollywood actor sought ₦10 billion in damages from Lere Olayinka, a senior aide to the FCT Minister, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Justice Salim Ibrahim upheld the objections raised by the defendants in the Emeka Ike privacy suit. The judge ruled that the case was not properly filed and could not proceed in its current form. The court also found that the actor had not provided enough evidence to support his claims.
The ruling is a setback for Emeka Ike, who took legal action over the alleged unauthorised release of his personal information.
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The case began after a social media controversy following Emeka Ike’s defeat in a party primary election. The actor had planned to contest for the AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency seat in Abuja under the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) in the next general elections.
After Ike lost the primary election, Lere Olayinka shared a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, about the transfer of Ike’s voter registration from Imo State to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Emeka Ike argued that sharing his personal voter registration details without his permission violated his right to privacy. He cited Section 37 of the 1999 Constitution and the Nigeria Data Protection Act in support of his claim.
Ike’s lawyers subsequently filed a case marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1272/2026 against the respondents. He asked the court to order them to pay ₦10 billion in damages over the alleged privacy violation.
INEC and Lere Olayinka denied the allegations in the Emeka Ike privacy suit. INEC argued that the information was not confidential and did not come from its secure database. Olayinka said the document contained only Ike’s name and passport photograph, which he claimed were already public. He also argued that the post caused no legal harm and that the ₦10 billion compensation claim was unjustified.
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