The Plaintiff states that the seizure of his documents has tremendously curtailed his
practice and professional exertions such as his inability to attend Bar Conferences,
Seminars, appearing before International Courts (particularly for the Bakassi
Peninsula case) which the people of Bakassi instructed him to represent them due to
his expertise in Human rights and international law, and other national and
international meetings with lawyers where mostly the production of qualifying
certificates is a requirement. He has also been unable to apply for Masters and
Doctoral Degree Programs since 2009 till-date. As a result of this seizure, the
Plaintiff has lost several opportunities to be called to the Bar and practice in foreign
jurisdictions particularly the Canadian Bar which he had applied for years before the
seizure of his certificates.
The Plaintiff avers that the act of the agents of the Defendant is contrary to all known
laws and fundamental freedoms as the law creating the EFCC limits their operations
to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission only and that there is no statute book
of the Defendant criminalizing the practice of law or even rendering lawyers
criminally liable for representing clients in court.
Whereupon the Plaintiff prays this Court for the following reliefs:
a) A DECLARATION that the Plaintiff is entitled to the protection of the
fundamental freedoms enshrined and guaranteed under the Articles of the
Universal Declaration of Human rights, the African Charter on Human and
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