NATIONAL DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY & ORS. V. DAHIRU BWALA

FOLASADE AYODEJI OJO, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The instant appeal emanated from the judgment of the Federal High Court, in the Federal Judicial Division holden at Lagos in SUIT NOS: FHC/L/CS/421/2016 BETWEEN DAHIRU BWALA …. APPLICANT AND (1) NATIONAL DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (NDLEA) (2) ISA UMARU ADORO (3) ZIRANGEY SUNDAY DIRANBI delivered on 5th April 2017.

The case of the Respondent who was a Senior Officer in the service of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (the 1st Appellant) is that he was arrested and wrongfully detained in the cell of the Appellant. He brought an application before the lower Court to enforce his fundamental rights.

After hearing all the parties, the lower Court in a considered judgment contained at pages 391 to 407 of the Record particularly at pages 406 to 407 thereof found in favour of the Applicant (instant Respondent) and held as follows:

“It is therefore my findings and I so declare that the Respondents violated the Fundamental Righ…