ADAMU, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Lagos State sitting at Ikeja Judicial Division delivered on 22/9/91.
In his judgment the learned trial Judge E. F. Longe, J held that the plaintiff/respondent was entitled to damages from the defendant/appellant for his unlawful arrest and detention by the police upon a report made against him by the said defendant/appellant (hereinafter called "the appellant"). The facts of the case giving rise to the appeal are as follows:-
The plaintiff/respondent (also hereinafter called "the respondent" was employed by the appellant as a sales clerk and he rose to become the Hardware Merchandise Controller before his employment. Before then, the appellant had discovered a fraud which took place in its hardware department of Kingsway Stores sometime before 13/6/85 whereby an amount over ₦800,000.00k was found to have been stolen. The appellant promptly reported the matter to the police and on …