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OGBE
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OKONKWO & ORS

(2018) JELR 39543 (CA)

Court of Appeal 14 Feb 2018 Nigeria
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- The Appellant, Francis Onam Ogbe, instituted a fundamental rights enforcement action on behalf of Mr. James Agbo, alleging unlawful arrest, inhuman treatment, and detention by officials of the 1st and 2nd Respondents, pursuant to a warran

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Suit Number:CA/E/431/2014
Judges:HUSSEIN MUKHTAR Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria MUHAMMED LAWAL SHUAIBU Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria FREDERICK OZIAKPONO OHO Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:Chukwunonso Daniel Ogbe, Esq. For Appellant S.N. Onah, Esq. For Respondent

FREDERICK OZIAKPONO OHO, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an Appeal against the Ruling of the High Court of Justice, Enugu State of Nigeria (Coram E. C. N. Onyia, J.) delivered on the 12-5-2014 in which the learned trial judge resolved the sole issue for determination in favour of the Respondent as Defendants. The Appellant on record on the 19-3-2014 had approached the Court below with a motion on Notice on behalf of Mr. James Agbo, against the four (4) Respondents praying for four (4) Reliefs. See pages 2 and 3 the records of Appeal. The Appellant, dissatisfied with the Ruling of the Court below has appealed to this Court vide a Notice of Appeal filed on the 2-6-2014. There are four (4) Grounds of Appeal filed. These Grounds of Appeal are reproduced here without their particulars as follows;

GROUNDS OF APPEAL

1. The learned trial judge erred in law when he held that the affidavit in support of the application filed by the Applicant/Appellant is fundamentally defective and…

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