“ 5. That the true facts which came to my personal
knowledge that led to arrest of the applicant, are as
follow:c. that arrival of the police, the nominal
complainant identified the two suspects that broke
into their house to attack and injured people, the
inspector invited them but Fahad Umar a brother
to the applicant took to his heels.
d. The applicant and other family members
obstructed the police from arresting him and
closed the door thereby making it impossible to
effect the arrest. The statement of the arresting
officer narrating what transpired at the scene, is
hereby annexed as Exhibit POL. A”
Part of Exhibit “POL.A” annexed to the 2nd and 3rd
respondents counter affidavit reads as follows:“The girls identifies Fahad as the suspect who
attacked them. I tried to effect arrest but Fahad
escaped--------- with assistance of Junaidu and
other family members…….”
Corroborating the evidence of the 2nd and 3rd respondents as
presented in their Joint Counter affidavit the 1st respondent
also averred in paragraph 10 of his counter affidavit as
follows:“10. That in my present and indeed other on lookers,
Inspector Bala Bello attempted to arrest the said Fahad
Umar, but the applicant interrupted the arrest and with
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