Senior Advocate Of Nigeria(SAN), Femi Falana Sues Meta, Seeks $5m For Alleged Invasion Of Privacy

Human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, has filed a $5 million suit before a Lagos High Court against the Meta Platforms Inc., owned by Mark Zuckerberg over alleged invasion of his privacy.

Through his lawyer, Olumide Babalola, Falana accused Meta of publishing motion images and voice captioned, “AfriCare Health Center,” on their website that he suffered a disease known as ‘Prostatitis’ which the lawyer claimed constitutes an invasion of his privacy as guaranteed by section 37 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. 

The Five Million US Dollars lawsuit against Zuckerberg’s Meta was filed before a Lagos High Court. 

As reported by Vanguard, his lawyer, Olumide claimed it constituted an invasion of SAN Falana’s privacy as guaranteed by section 37 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. As reported by Vanguard. 

In documents put before the court, the Senior Advocate claimed the publication and the video as released through the organization’s platform -www.facebook.com, is “false, inaccurate, misleading and unfair to him and thereby violates the provision of section 24(1)(a) and (e) of the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023.”

He is asking the court for an order mandating the “Respondents to forthwith remove, erase and delete the video captioned ‘AfriCare Health Centre’ on their platform – www.facebook.com.”

For the damages, Mr Falana is asking for general damages of $5million.