OGWUEGBU, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): In the High Court of Lagos State, the plaintiffs claimed from the defendants as follows:
"the sum of ₦10,000.00 being general damages suffered by the plaintiffs and their members when the defendants, through their agents and/or servants on the 8th February, 1987 and on subsequent days, without any lawful authority or consent of the plaintiffs, broke into the plaintiff's Mosques at No. B5/111, Ahmadiya Road, Agege (A Lis Pendens in Suit Nos. M.137/84 and CA/L/247/86), and dispersed the plaintiffs and their members with tear gas and batton (sic) during worship and barricade (sic) the entrance with contingent of armed policemen to prevent the plaintiffs and their members from using the said Mosques whereof the plaintiffs claim further the following orders:
1. An order that the action of the defendants is a contempt of the court proceedings in Suit Nos. M/137/84 and CA/L/247/86.
2. An order that the defendants do forthwith remove Police co…