report or complaint. If the police decide on an action on their own initiative which is ultimately proved to have been detrimental to the person against whom the complaint or report is made, the citizen cannot be held responsible where he has not taken the law into his own hands, then the duty of investigating and detecting crimes by the police would not only be extremely difficult, but efforts of the police would be abortive”. It is trite law that the right to personal liberty of citizens in this country can be deprived temporarily where that citizen is reasonably suspected of having committed a criminal offence. - Section 35 (1) (c) CFRN 1999 as amended - Ekwenugo V. FRN {2007} 3 NWLR pt 1021 p 209 - Sambo V. Nig. Army Council {2017} 7 NWLR pt 1565 p 400 - DSS Zamfara State Command V. Mohammed {2018} LPELR 43869 - Achebe V. Nwosu {2003} 7 NWLR pt 818 p 103 at 131 - Dakubo Asari V. FRN {2007} 12 NWLR pt 1048 p 320 - Onyiriola V. IGP {2009} 3 NWLR pt 1128 p 324 - Hassan V. EFCC {2007} 16 NWLR pt 1061 p 483 In AG Anambra State V. UBA {2005} 3 WRN 191, it was held that it is an interference of the powers given by the constitution to law enforcement officers in the control of criminal investigation for a person accused of committing a crime to rush to court with a view to be shielded against criminal investigation and prosecution. A person who is accused of committing a crime cannot expect a judicial fiat to 19

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