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BAKO
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YARO & ANOR

(2025) JELR 114268 (CA)

Court of Appeal 24 Jul 2025 Nigeria
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- The Appellant filed an originating motion before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory seeking declaratory and injunctive reliefs for alleged breaches of his fundamental rights stemming from persistent arrests, detentions, and s

Case Details

Suit Number:CA/ABJ/CV/200/2022
Judges:Hamma Akawu Barka, JCA, Abba Bello Mohammed, JCA, Donatus Uwaezuoke Okorowo, JCA
Counsel:Kingsley Nnonye, Esq. For Appellant M. A. Lapai, Esq. For Respondents
Location:Abuja
Other Citations:(2025) LPELR-81706(CA)

ABBA BELLO MOHAMMED, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Apo Division, Abuja (the trial Court), delivered on the 8th day of December, 2021, by Hon. Justice M. Babashani. Dissatisfied with the said judgment, the Appellant filed a notice of Appeal on the 9th day of December, 2021.

The facts leading to this appeal, as discernible from the Record of Appeal, are that the Appellant, as Applicant, brought an application by way of Originating Motion in Suit No. FCT/CV/911/2021 before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory against the Respondents claiming the following reliefs:

A.  A DECLARATION that the incessant arrests, wanton summons, detention of the Applicant by the at Mpape Police on the 12 day of February, 2015 at the behest of the Respondents and other detentions at Bwari Area Council, discrimination and humiliation of the Applicant on a purported land dispute between the Applicant and…

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