MOHAMMED BABA IDRIS, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): By an originating motion filed on the 5th of May, 2017, the 1st Respondent as Applicant brought an action against the 1st and 2nd Appellants and also the 2nd and 3rd Respondents, seeking for the following reliefs:
(1) A DECLARATION that the Applicant being a human being and citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is entitled to the enjoyment protection and enforcement of his Fundamental Rights as enshrined in Sections 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 41 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFRN) (as amended),
(2) A DECLARATION that the Applicant being a citizen of Nigeria, a member country that ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a global expression of the rights to which all human beings are inherently deserving is entitled to the protection and promotion of his right to freedom of movement within the territory of the Nigerian states and shall be free to leave any country including h…