UGOCHUKWU ANTHONY OGAKWU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The 1st Respondent herein, as the Applicant before the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt Judicial Division in SUIT NO. FHC/PH/FHR/60/2020: MRS. ROSEMARY MOSES ABOLI vs. GENESIS FAST FOOD AND EVENTS CENTER, PORT HARCOURT (GENESIS GROUP) & ORS. applied for the enforcement of her fundamental rights to life, to dignity of human person, to personal liberty, to private and family life, to fair trial, to freedom of association, to own movable and immovable property, and to freedom of movement as guaranteed under Sections 33 (1); 34 (1) (a), (b); 35 (1); 36 (5) (a), (b), (6); 37; 41; 43; 44 (1); and 46 (1), (2) of the 1999 Constitution.
The lower Court found merit in the application and held that from the processes filed, the 1st Respondent had shown that there had been an infringement of her fundamental rights. It awarded the sum of N10,000,000.00 in favour of the 1st Respondent as special, exemplary, and general damages. It how…