ABDULKADIR AHMED V. MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA & ORS

OLUDOTUN ADEBOLA ADEFOPE-OKOJIE, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal by the Appellant, who was the Applicant before the Lower Court, is against the decision of the Federal High Court, Kaduna Division, delivered on 18th day of May, 2012 by Hon. Justice M. L. Shuaibu (as he then was) dismissing the Appellant's case. Aggrieved by this decision, the Appellant filed a six ground Notice of Appeal on 7th June, 2012.

The facts of this case are that, following complaints against the Appellant's activities by residents of Zaria Local Government in Kaduna State, the Security Agencies, on proof garnered by them that the Appellant, an Islamic Scholar, was not a citizen of Nigeria, effected his deportation to the Niger Republic.

The Appellant filed a suit seeking leave to enforce his fundamental human rights. Subsequent to the grant of leave, he filed an Originating Summons for the following reliefs:

1. A DECLARATION that the deportation of the Applicant who is a citizen of Nigeria to N…