ALHAJI SALELE AHMED V. MUSTAPHA ABDULLAHI & ANOR

OLUDOTUN ADEBOLA ADEFOPE-OKOJIE, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The 1st Respondent, as Applicant before the Kano State High Court (hereafter referred to as the lower Court) filed an action before that Court, seeking the enforcement of his fundamental human rights against the Applicant and 2nd Respondent. He also sought an order of restraint against them and the sum of N4 Million for lodging a baseless complaint upon which the 2nd Respondent violated his privacy which put him in a state of embarrassment, pains and psychological trauma.

His complaint, as contained in his affidavit in support of the application, is that he bought a compressor from one Anas, now deceased, for the sum of N3.5 Million. To his surprise, about four years later, and after the death of Anas, operatives of the 2nd Respondent came to his house in the morning, followed him to his bedroom to dress, having just taken a bath, and whisked him to their office, where he was detained for one day and one night, …