Senator Shehu Sani, has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for almost three weeks of illegally detaining him.

A lawsuit filed on Friday before the Federal High Court’s Justice A. B. Mohammed, Gudu, Abuja, suggested that the trial would begin on Monday, January 20, 2020.

Counsel to the detained former lawmaker, Abdul Ibrahim, SAN, has asked the anti-graft agency and the proprietor of ASD Motors, Alhaji Sani Dauda to pay the sum of N100 million as damages for detaining his client illegally.

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The prosecution lawyer filed the “motion under Enforcement of Fundamental Human Rights Procedure in the case between Sen. Shehu Sani vs EFCC and ASD Motors.”

The application was also filed for Senator Shehu Sani’s release, which was also due for hearing on Monday.

Senator Shehu Sani has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged $25,000 bribe which the ASD Motors proprietor, Alhaji Sani Dauda claimed to have offered him.

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Meanwhile, Sani had since denied the allegations, describing it as a “hoax and an attempt to dent his name in order to stop him from criticising the government of the day.”