FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. & ORS. V. ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION & ORS.
(2013) JELR 35980 (CA)
Court of Appeal
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CA/A/263/2005
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7 Feb 2013
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Nigeria
Coram
HUSSEIN MUKHTAR JCA
REGINA OBIAGELI NWODO JCA
TINUADE AKOMOLAFE-WILSON JCA
Appearances
Tunde Afe Babalola Esq. with him Abdusalam Belgore Esq. and Sunday Omubi Esq. For the Appellant;
Folabi Kuti Esq. with him Gospel Adams Esq. and Oladipupo Abodunrin Esq. for the 1st Respondent,;
Munachiso Michael Esq with him Temiola Ogundipe (Miss) for the 2nd Respondent;
Godwin Obla Esq. (with him, Maryam Hussein and Segun Fiki Esq.) for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Respondents.
Judgement
<p><br></p><p><strong>TINUADE AKOMOLAFE-WILSON, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): </strong>The Appellants as Applicants in the Federal High Court before Hon. Justice B. F. M. Nyako brought an application pursuant to Order 1 Rule 2(3) of the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement procedure) Rules, 1979 seeking for nine reliefs against the Respondents after the Appellants had been arrested and detained from the 9th of September, 2004 to 10th September, 2004 at Lugbe Police station, Abuja. The 2nd to 4th Appellants complained that they were only released after they were compelled by the 3rd Respondent, at the instance of the 2nd Respondents to write an undertaking to refund the sum of ₦600 million to the 2nd Respondent within some number of days. Their application was initiated by a petition written on 5th July 2004 (Exhibit 'EFCC 1') by the 2nd Respondent to the 4th Respondent who was the Chairman of the 3rd Respondent upon a complaint that the sum of ₦2.34 (Two Billion, Thirty-Four million Naira) by the Federal Gov…</p>