M. L. UWAIS, CJN (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division (Kalgo, Uwaifo and Ayoola, HCA as they were then). The respondent was the applicant in the High Court of Lagos State, holden at Lagos, (Akinboboye, J) while the appellants were the respondents in a motion on notice brought under the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules, Cap. 62, in which the following reliefs were sought:-
"1. A declaration that the forceful seizure of the applicant's passport No. A654141 by agents of the State Security Services (sic) (1st respondent herein) on April 21, 1992 is a gross violation of the applicant's right to personal liberty, freedom of thought, freedom of expression and freedom of movement respectively guaranteed under sections 32, 35, 36 and 38 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1979 (as amended) and is accordingly unconstitutional and illegal.
2. An order of mandatory injunction directing th…