UWAIFO, J.C.A: (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is a short appeal. On 15 February, 1990, an order ex parte was made by Tofowomo J., sitting at the Federal High Court, Lagos for Gerhard Kompernass to be apprehended and produced in court to show cause why he should not be imprisoned or be made to give security for his continuous appearance in the suit in which he is one of the defendants till the final determination of the said suit. He was arrested and kept in police custody that same day. The ground for his arrest was that he was about to abscond from the jurisdiction. To make that allegation look plausible it was said that Karl Saeckler, one of the defendants against whom some reliefs in the suit were being sought jointly with Gerhard Kompernass (both German citizens), had already absconded.
On 16 February, 1990 (i.e. the next day), Odunowo, J., of the same court ordered the release on bail of Gerhard Kompernass on medical grounds. There were other facts deposed to in denial of…