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(2021) JELR 109398 (CA)

Court of Appeal 1 Dec 2021 Nigeria
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- This case is an appeal against the judgment of the Federal High Court in Lagos regarding the enforcement of the appellant's fundamental rights. - The appellant sought various declarations and orders, including a declaration that the beati

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Suit Number:CA/LAG/CV/823/2019
Judges:Joseph Shagbaor Ikyegh, JCA Onyekachi Aja Otisi, JCA Abubakar Sadiq Umar, JCA
Counsel:S.C. OBI FOR THE APPELLANT; COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENT ABSENT.

ABUBAKAR SADIQ UMAR, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Federal High Court, Lagos Judicial Division delivered by C.J. Aneke, J., on 14th October, 2013 in respect of an application for the enforcement of the Appellant’s fundamental rights.

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By a Motion on Notice dated and filed 19th April, 2012 brought pursuant to Order 2 Rules 1, 2 & 3 of the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules 2009, Sections 33, 34, 35, 44 & 46 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Articles 2, 5, 6, 14 & 16 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Cap. A9 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and under the inherent jurisdiction of the Court below, the Appellants approached the Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos for the enforcement of his fundamental rights, seeking the following reliefs as stated on the faces of the motion paper and the Statutory Statement in …

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