UGOCHUKWU ANTHONY OGAKWU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The Appellant is a bailiff in the High Court of Rivers State. Premised on his contention that the Respondent infringed his fundamental rights when he went to serve Court processes at the premises of the Respondent, he instituted proceedings before the High Court of Rivers State for the enforcement of his fundamental rights in SUIT NO. PHC/3507/2018: MR. UGOCHUKWU AMADI-WALI v. PORT HARCOURT ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY. The Appellant claimed the following reliefs:
“i. A Declaration that the torture, intimidation, mal-handling, beating and detention of the applicant by members of staff of the Respondent on 19th April, 2017, within the Respondent’s premises at No. 1 Moscow Road, Port Harcourt is unlawful, illegal and a gross violation of the applicant’s fundamental rights of dignity to human person and personal liberty as enshrined in Sections 34 and 35 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as…