JOSEPH OLUBUNMI KAYODE OYEWOLE, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is in respect of an appeal against the final judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division, sitting in Abuja, delivered on the 1st July, 2022 by TAIWO, J.
The Respondent who was held in detention without trial filed an action at the lower court to enforce his fundamental rights wherein he sought the following reliefs:
A DECLARATION that the detention of the Applicant by men, officers, and agents of the Respondents since around July, 2021, and exposing him to all manner of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment constitutes a gross violation of the Applicant’s fundamental rights guaranteed and protected by Section 34 (1) (a) (b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and Articles 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Cap. A9, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
A DECLARATION that the detention and cont…