TINUADE AKOMOLAFE-WILSON, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The Appellants as Applicants in the Federal High Court before Hon. Justice B. F. M. Nyako brought an application pursuant to Order 1 Rule 2(3) of the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement procedure) Rules, 1979 seeking for nine reliefs against the Respondents after the Appellants had been arrested and detained from the 9th of September, 2004 to 10th September, 2004 at Lugbe Police station, Abuja. The 2nd to 4th Appellants complained that they were only released after they were compelled by the 3rd Respondent, at the instance of the 2nd Respondents to write an undertaking to refund the sum of ₦600 million to the 2nd Respondent within some number of days. Their application was initiated by a petition written on 5th July 2004 (Exhibit 'EFCC 1') by the 2nd Respondent to the 4th Respondent who was the Chairman of the 3rd Respondent upon a complaint that the sum of ₦2.34 (Two Billion, Thirty-Four million Naira) by the Federal Gov…
FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC & ORS.
V.
AG FEDERATION & ORS.
(2013) JELR 35980 (CA)
Court of Appeal 7 Feb 2013 Nigeria
Case
Key Passages 12
Citing Cases 2
BriefBot Summary
- The appellants were arrested and detained by law enforcement authorities (EFCC and Police) for less than 24 hours following a civil dispute over an advance payment guarantee linked to a government contract for the dredging of the Lower Ni
Case Details
Suit Number:CA/A/263/2005
Judges:HUSSEIN MUKHTAR JCA
REGINA OBIAGELI NWODO JCA
TINUADE AKOMOLAFE-WILSON JCA
Counsel:Tunde Afe Babalola Esq. with him Abdusalam Belgore Esq. and Sunday Omubi Esq. For the Appellant;
Folabi Kuti Esq. with him Gospel Adams Esq. and Oladipupo Abodunrin Esq. for the 1st Respondent,;
Munachiso Michael Esq with him Temiola Ogundipe (Miss) for the 2nd Respondent;
Godwin Obla Esq. (with him, Maryam Hussein and Segun Fiki Esq.) for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Respondents.
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