Nigeria, Nov. 8 -- A Nigerian living in the US, Segun Adeoye, has sued the American government over what he termed unlawful detention.

Mr Adeoye, a medical doctor and specialist in family medicine who trained in Nigeria, Ghana and the US, is seeking nearly $400 million in compensatory and punitive damages for his unlawful detention, according to the civil rights violation suit filed by his lawyer.

Because of the detention, which lasted for 30 months, Mr Adeoye lost his two houses and is now diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD), the attorney, Femi Ogunjumelo of Mayday Law Office, Houston, Texas, said in the court filing obtained by PREMIUM TIMES.

Besides his PTSD, which he is now under indefinite treatment for, he is als...