They told the court that they were unlawfully arrested and detained at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Ikeja, following a complaint that was lodged by their step-mum, Mrs. Adebisi Abiola, after the robbery incident.
Sons of the acclaimed winner of June 12, 1993 Presidential election, late Bashorun M.K.O. Abiola, Kassim and Aliyu Abiola, have filed a N100 million fundamental rights suit against the Lagos state Commissioner of Police over their detention.The Lagos State Commissioner of Police was the sole respondent in the suit.
Among others, the applicants prayed the court to declare that “their arrest without warrant and subsequent and continuous dehumanization and detention since the September 2, 2020, by operatives of the respondent on the alleged complaint of one Mrs Adebisi Abiola, is illegal, unlawful, wrongful and constitutes a blatant violation of the Applicants’ fundamental rights as enshrined in Section 35 & , 37, 41 , 44 and 46 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as altered,...
The applicants told the court that they were discriminatorily singled out as a result of a complaint by their step mum, which accused them of complicity in the robbery. Meanwhile, the applicants also filed an exparte motion and an affidavit of urgency, wherein they prayed the court to hear their case within the ongoing vacation period.
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