Nigeria: KC Luxury Asks Court to Lift 30-Day Detention Order, NDLEA Justifies Drugs Suspect’s Remand

Relying on Sections 293 to 299 of the ACJA, particularly Section 296(1), the lawyer said the law did not permit a court to order a suspect’s remand for more than 14 days in the first instance.

Detained businessman and social media influencer, Kazeem Michael Afolabi, popularly known as KC Luxury, has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to set aside an order permitting the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to keep him in custody for 30 days without charging him to court.

Mr Afolabi’s…