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 4

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