DANTSOHO ALHASSAN V. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

SAIDU TANKO HUSSAINI, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment):This appeal is against the ruling of the Federal High Court, Yola delivered on the 11th day of May, 2015 dismissing the Motion on Notice filed by the Appellant on 18/5/2015 seeking the release of his Mitsubishi Pajaro Jeep with registration No. CL488 JJJ from the custody of the National Drug law Enforcement Agency or the respondents.

The background facts to this case appeal can be traced to the arrest of the appellant, Dantsoho Alhassan. It was on the 25/8/2011. He was riding in his Mercedes Benz Car with registration No. AU 927ABC when along Ngurof-Numan Road he was forced to halt by a group of officers from National Drug Law Enforcement Agency who demanded to know from the Appellant the contents of the bag he was carrying in the boot of his Mercedes Benz Car. There and then the appellant was arrested along with one other person in the car by the name Abdullahi Adamu (Pw3). At the close of investigation, the appellant and …