Oba Of Benin Palace Incident: Don Pedro Obaseki demands N500m damages

Oba Of Benin Palace Incident: Don Pedro Obaseki demands N500m damages

On 28 December, 2025, Mr Obaseki, a cousin of former Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki, was dragged from a field where he was assaulted and dragged to the Oba of Benin palace. The post Oba Of Benin Palace Incident: Don Pedro Obaseki demands N500m damages appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

‘Stripped, Paraded, Detained’ — Don Pedro Obaseki Files ₦500m Fundamental Rights Suit Against 11 Suspects, DSS, AGF

Renowned broadcaster, scholar, and media entrepreneur, Dr Osaro Pedro Agbonifo Obaseki (popularly known as Don Pedro), has instituted a fundamental rights enforcement suit at the Federal High Court, Benin, following a harrowing incident of alleged abduction and public humiliation. ​The lawsuit, marked FHC/B/CS/20/2026, is asking the court for ₦500 million in general and exemplary damages against 11 individuals, the Department of State Services (…