Applicant is entitled to the grant of the reliefs sought in this application.” In summary, the Applicant’s case is anchored on the fact that the 2nd Respondent through his officers arrested the Applicant and took him to Chief Magistrate Court where he was detained from 10th of August, 2021 without being charged to court or released on bail despite the letter written by the Applicant’s Counsel dated 2nd June, 2021 addressed to the 2nd Respondent requesting for the release of the Applicant. Although the said letter was alleged as Exhibited vide paragraph 11 of the Applicant’s supporting affidavit as Exhibit ‘A’, that letter could not be apparently seen as an annexure to the Applicant’s supporting affidavit. Applicant’s Counsel submitted that the arrest of the Applicant and his subsequent detention for more than one (1) year without his trial, constitute a breach of His Fundamental Human Rights and an abuse to his personal dignity. - Adesina V. Air France (2013) 47 WRN 113. - FRN V. Ifegwu (2003) 5 NSCNJ 217 at 245. The detention according to him, is not in compliance with the provisions of Section 35 (5) (a) of the CFRN 1999 as amended, and the provisions of the ACJL of Sokoto State 2019. He further submitted that by the provisions of Section 37 and 38 of the Evidence Act, 2011, the facts averred in the supporting affidavit are hearsay and inadmissible and referred to paragraphs 1-6 of the Respondent’s counter affidavit which it was not shown that 2nd – 4th Respondents gave their consent Page 5 of 9

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