The suit, which includes co-plaintiffs Alexander Enenche and Peter Enenche, was lodged through their legal counsel, S. M. Oyeghe, Esq.
Abraham Daniel, a former pastor of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, has filed a lawsuit against the church's founder and senior pastor, Dr. Paul Enenche, alleging the violation of his fundamental rights.
SaharaReporters gathered that the case was filed on December 15, 2025, at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
The suit, which includes co-plaintiffs Alexander Enenche and Peter Enenche, was lodged through their legal counsel, S. M. Oyeghe, Esq.
The case with suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/60/2025 named Pastor Paul Enenche, the Inspector General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force as Respondents.
The plaintiffs seek an order compelling the respondents to pay N100 million as compensation for what they described as an "unwarranted infringement" of their fundamental rights.
They seek: "A DECLARATION that the arrest and detention of the Applicant by the men, officers and agents of the 2nd and 3rd Respondents on the instigation of the 1st Respondent on Tuesday 7th January, 2025, to Wednesday 8, January 2025, and 13th to 14th January 2025 over an opinion expressed on the Family WhatsApp Group constitutes a gross violation of the Applicant’s fundamental right to liberty guaranteed and protected by Section 35 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and Articles 6 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Cap. A9, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
"A DECLARATION that the arrest and detention of the Applicant by the men, officers and agents of the 2nd and 3rd Respondents on the instigation of the 1st Respondent on Tuesday 7th January, 2025, to Wednesday 8, January 2025, and 13th to 14th January 2025 over an opinion expressed in the Family WhatsApp Group constitutes a gross violation of the Applicant’s fundamental right to freedom of expression, including freedom to hold opinions guaranteed and protected by Section 39 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and Articles 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Cap. A9, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
"AN ORDER, directing the Respondents jointly and severally to pay the sum of N100,000,000.00 (One Hundred Million Naira) only as compensation as general /or exemplary damages for the unwarranted infringement of the Applicant’s fundamental rights.
However, no date has been fixed for the matters.