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Suit seeks declaration of entitlement to personal liberty under Nigerian Constitution.
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Makolo alleges unlawful arrest and detention by police based on wife’s complaint.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that following continuous intimidation and harassment by the police allegedly at the instigation of his estranged wife, Mrs. Endurance Modupe Makolo, Lagos-based accountant and businessman, Paul Makolo, filed a fundamental right enforcement suit at the Ikeja division of the Lagos State High Court.
Makolo brought the application to enforce his fundamental rights under Sections 35 and 46 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Article 6 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act.
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Listed as respondents in the suit are the Commissioner of Police , Lagos State Command; the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Anthony Police Station; Superintendent of Police Istifanus Daniel (IPO) and Mrs Endurance Modupe Makolo as 1st to 4th Respondents respectively.
The applicant in his application before is praying for “A declaration that he is entitled to his personal liberty respectively as guaranteed under Section 35 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 ( as amended)
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“A declaration that his arrest and detention on 14th November, 2023 by the 2nd and 3rd Respondents on the complaint of Mrs Modupe Endurance Makolo (4th Respondent) is unlawful and unconstitutional.”
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