March 2020 by the 1st 2nd and 3rd Respondents is illegal,
unlawful, unreasonable, unjustified and unconstitutional.
2. An order directing the Respondents to pay to the applicant
jointly and severally the sum of N10,000,000 {ten million
naira only} being special and general damages for the illegal,
unlawful and unconstitutional arrest and detention of the
applicant from 9th – 20th March, 2020.
3. An order directing the Respondents to unconditionally
release the applicant from the unlawful detention in their
custody.
4. An order directing the Respondents’ to tender a public
apology to the applicant and to publish same in two National
Daily Newspapers.
The originating motion is supported by a statement setting
out the name and description of the applicant, the grounds
upon which the reliefs are sought and the reliefs sought
therein.
Also in support of the originating motion, is a 6 paragraphs
grounds upon which the application is brought as well as a 10
paragraphs supporting affidavit deposed to by one Sa’adatu
Mahmud Yabo a litigation secretary in the Law firm of M.M.
Yabo E.Co. Al-huda Law Chambers because the applicant was in
detention at the detention facility of the Respondents.
In compliance with the Rules of this Court, the applicant
accompanied his originating process with a written address
which the applicant’s counsel adopted as their legal argument
and urges the court to grant the application after relying on
all the averments contained in the 10 paragraphs supporting
affidavit.
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