The subsequent re-arrest and detention without an Arrest Warrant, or a Detention Order or even being informed of the reasons upon which the arrest and detention is made, and keeping the Applicant in custody for 7 Months without being charged to Court is unknown to our laws, against the principle of Natural Justice, a contravention of the internationally guaranteed right to personal liberty, as well as other fundamental rights. In the General Observation No. 13 regarding the “Equality before the Courts and the right of every person to be heard publicly by a competent Tribunal established by law (Art. 14)”, the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations stated that: The right to be informed “without delay’ of the charges requires that the information be provided in the form described as soon as the accusation is formulated by a competent authority; in the Committee’s opinion, this right must appear when, during the course of an investigation, a Tribunal or an Authority of the Office of the Public Prosecutor decides to adopt procedural measures against a person suspicious of having committed a crime or designated publicly as such. The specific demands of section (a) of paragraph 3 may be satisfied by formulating the accusation either verbally or in writing, as long as they include both the law and the alleged facts on which the information is based. As earlier noted the right to personal liberty is one of the most fundamental human rights recognized under International Human Rights Law Section 41 of the Nigerian constitution provides: 38

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