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ABIOLA v. ABUBAKAR

No. 02 C 6093.

435 F.Supp.2d 830 (2006)

Hafsat ABIOLA, Anthony Enahoro, and Arthur Nwankwo, Plaintiffs, v. Abdusalami ABUBAKAR, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

June 27, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kayode O. Oladele, Benjamin Withheld Jr. & Associates, PC, Detroit, MI, for Plaintiffs.

Ephraim C. Ugwuonye, Ecu Associates, P.C., Washington, DC, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KENNELLY, District Judge.

The defendant, General Abdusalami Abubakar, is a former member of the military regime that ruled Nigeria from November 1993 to May 1999. The plaintiffs are Nigerian citizens who were allegedly tortured, or whose parents were allegedly tortured, at Abubakar's behest because they criticized the military regime while it was in power. They have sued Abubakar under the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA)...

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