Francis Gozie Moneke, a human rights lawyer based in Akwa,Anambra state,has dragged the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to the Federal High Court sitting in Awka, the state capital, for allegedly extorting and grossly violating the fundamental human rights of JAMB candidates who registered for the 2017 Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME.
In the Suit No. FHC/AWK/CS/74/2017, filed at the court registry, Moneke (plaintiff) said the extortion was perpetrated against the candidates of JAMB (respondents) during the online application process whereby the board imposed several unauthorized levies on the candidates. In his statement of claim, the plaintiff is seeking a declaration of the court that these extortions and exploitative fees were in violation of the candidates’ rights to dignity of human person guaranteed under Section 34 (1) (a) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and Article 5 of African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification & Enforcement) Act, 1983.
The plaintiff also sought the court declaration that imposition of N2,500 for data correction and another N700 for CBT centre registration on the candidates by the respondents were so extortionate and exploitative that it violated their fundamental human rights.
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