AMINA ADAMU AUGIE, J.C.A. (The delivering of Lead Judgment): The Respondent's daughter, Ifeoma, was the Appellant's girlfriend, and she had a key to his room. Some money got stolen from the locker in his room, which was not broken into, and suspecting Ifeoma of taking the money, the Appellant reported her at the New Benin Police Station, Benin City. Ifeoma and her sister, Nkechi, were arrested and detained there, and when the Respondent went to the Station to arrange for the release of her daughters and handover the key to the Appellant's room, she too got arrested, and spent two days in custody before being released on bail.
Dissatisfied with the conduct of the investigation, the Appellant wrote a Petition to the Commissioner of Police, State C.I.D., and the Respondent was re-arrested and detained at the Police Cell in State C.I.D for four days. After her release on bail, her Solicitor wrote to the Appellant demanding N5 Million Naira for unlawful arrest and detention. His Solicitor…