Court quashes DSS appeal against pipeline surveillance contractor, upholds N20m damages The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has dismissed an appeal filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) against a judgment in favor of Mr. Richard Abbey, a pipeline surveillance contractor with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Bonny Local Government Area. In suit number CA/PH/38/23 between the DSS and others versus Abbey, the presiding judge, Justice D. Z. Senchi, upheld the N20 million damages awarded against the DSS for wrongfully arresting and detaining Abbey by the...