A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Gudu, has fixed November 13, to hear a fundamental right enforcement suit that was brought against Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun for unlawfully detaining a student since September 7.
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Equally joined as a Defendant in the suit marked: FCT/HC/M/057/2023, is the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, SAN.

Justice M. M. Adamu directed both the AGF, IGP, and four others to produce before the court, a student and businessman Mohammed Rabiu, who was allegedly detained illegally, on the adjourned date.

The court made the order after it listened to counsel to the Applicant, Mr. Terkaa Jerry Aondo.

His counsel Terkaa in affidavit in support of motion ex-parte alleged that, “The arrest of the applicant (his client) in the circumstances is unlawful as his continued detention in an underground cell at the old SARS building Abattoir Guzape Abuja.
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“The arrest of the Applicant on a petition orchestrated infraction of the Applicant’s right by the 4th respondent.

“There is a need to restrain the respondents from further breaches of the applicant fundamental rights and immediately release the cars and monies received from his relatives under the guise of recovery of debt owed the 4th respondent on behalf of the Nominal Complainant. ”

The applicant counsel further stated that the-4th respondent is playing with the life of the Applicant by bringing him out once a daily to grasp for air without medical attention.”
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Justice M. M. Adamu ruling on ex-parte motion in suit marked, FCT/HC/M/057/2023 held that “Upon hearing the application of the learned counsel for the applicant, order is hereby made to produce the Applicant before-this court on the 13th November, 2023.

“Accordingly, an order is hereby made granting an accelerated hearing of the motion on notice and abridging the time for hearing the application on notice to 3 days”

Others Cited as respondents in the suit are Nigeria Police force (NPF), Pataka Hananiah, Abdulhafeez Garba.
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