TUR JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The appeal is against thejudgment of WadaAbubakar Omar Rano J., of the High Court of Justice, Kano, Kano State delivered on 7 May 2004 in favour of the plaintiffs/ respondents in a suit founded on the enforcement of the fundamental rights of the respondents/plaintiffs wherein his lordship awarded N100,000.00 (one hundred thousand naira) to the respondents against the appellants/defendants for causing their unlawful arrest and detention by the police in what was considered purely a breach of a contractual obligation.
The facts before the learned trial judge were as follows: The 1st and 2nd respondents were partners carrying on the business of estate agents under the name and style of “The Place Agency” in Kano.
The 3rd respondent was the head of departmentof the partnership. Sometime in the year 2003, the 2nd appellant approached the estate agency to look for a residential accommodation for 1st appellant’s operation. The respondents secured No. 4…