ONYEKACHI AJA OTISI, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This interlocutory appeal was lodged against the ruling of the Federal High Court (the lower Court) Coram M.H. Kurya, J., sitting at its Lagos Judicial Division, delivered on May 6th, 2014, wherein the lower Court discountenanced the counter-affidavit and written address of the Appellant, as 1st Respondent, before the lower Court, filed in response to the originating motion filed by the 1st Respondent, as applicant before the lower Court, seeking redress for an alleged breach of his fundamental human rights.
The facts leading to this appeal may be summarized in this manner: The 1st Respondent herein as applicant before the lower Court, applied to the lower Court to enforce his fundamental rights to respect for the dignity of his person, privacy of his home and against compulsory acquisition of his movable property against the Appellant and the 2nd Respondent herein. The 2nd Respondent filed a counter-affidavit outside the f…