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Meet the only police officer who ever sued Obasanjo

Inspector Henry Ale is recorded as the only police officer that ever sued former President Olusegun Obasanjo according to a clipping from The Republic newspaper.

The incident started on December 1, 1988, when the Inspector was said to have stopped the former head of state at a police checkpoint for a routine search.

The report said as a result of this action of his, he was allegedly bundled to Ota, the Ogun State location of Obasanjo farms and reportedly stripped and dealt with. He was said to have lost two teeth and got injured from the incident.

On December 15, that year, Ale engaged the law firm of Chief Gani Fawehinmi to demand ₦250,000 in compensation and an apology, setting a deadline of December 31, 1988. When Obasanjo refused to comply, Ale sued for violation of his fundamental human rights on January 19, 1989 and demanded for ₦600,000.

On July 6, 1989, after several adjournments, the judge, Adewale Oduntan dismissed the lawsuit and, according to Archivi, a historical medium, the judge ruled that only government prosecutors could file cases for violations of fundamental human rights and that Ale’s suit should have been filed as a common law matter.

Credit: Ethnic African Stories

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Brigadier General Adeboye Obasanjo (also referred to as Olugbemi Adeboye Obasanjo) is a senior officer in the Nigerian Army Engineering Corps and the son of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Military Career and Key Appointments
He is a career soldier who has risen through the ranks of the Nigerian Army, specializing in engineering.
Rank: He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in January 2022. The decoration ceremony was notably performed by his father, a retired full General, at the Headquarters of the Nigerian Army Engineering Corps in Lagos.
Combat Experience: In September 2014, while serving as a Lieutenant Colonel and platoon commander in Baza, Adamawa State, he was wounded in a Boko Haram ambush. He sustained gunshot injuries to his thigh during the operation but recovered and returned to active service.
Command Roles: He has served in various capacities, including:
Commanding Officer (CO) of the 144 Battalion in Aba.
Commanding Officer of the 13 Field Engineer Regiment (FER) in Jos.
Chief Force Engineer for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
Director of Search and Bomb Disposal at the Headquarters of the Nigerian Army Engineers in Lagos.
Education and Qualifications
He holds several academic and professional degrees from institutions in Nigeria and the United States:
B.Eng. in Electrical Electronics Engineering from the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA).
B.Sc. in Computer Science from Mississippi Valley State University, USA.
M.Sc. in Strategic Studies from the University of Ibadan.
MBA and M.Sc. in Information Systems from Jackson State University, USA.
Awards and Honors
For his gallantry in counter-terrorism operations, particularly in Northeast Nigeria, he has received:

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