TOM SHAIBU YAKUBU, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appellant had approached the Federal High Court, holden at Enugu, by way of an originating motion for enforcement of her fundamental human rights. In the application, the appellant prayed for the following reliefs, to wit:
a. A declaration that the purported disengagement of the Applicant by the Enugu State Government on the ground that the Applicant is not from Enugu State is a violation of the Applicants right to freedom from discrimination as enshrined in Section 42 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.
b. A Declaration that the Applicant as a citizen of Nigeria is entitled to work in any part of the country whether public or private establishment and as such treated as a citizen of Nigeria.
c. ₦20,000,000 (Twenty Million Naira) General Damages against the Respondent as monetary compensation to the Applicant for the violation of her right to freedom from discrimination, agony and loss of income by reason of the purported di…