of human person, as guaranteed under Section 35 (1) (a) 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,
Cap. 10 laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990, therefore illegal and
unconstitutional;
iv) An order compelling the Respondents forthwith to tender an apology to the
Applicant by publishing the said letter of apology in two national dailies;
v) An order compelling the Respondents forthwith to release the Applicant
with her three children or detain them in any Special Mother’s Centre in
Abuja;
vi) An order that the Respondents pay the Applicant the sum of =N=
10,000,000.00 (ten million Naira only) being the compensation for the
aforesaid unlawful, illegal and unconstitutional violations of the Applicant’s
fundamental rights.”
17.The Court also notes that the Judge in the national Court did justice to all her
reliefs sought, by making an Order in which he adjudged that:
i) “It is hereby declared that the arrest and detention of the Applicant, a
nursing mother, with her three children at Bauchi Police Station, Bauchi
State, and Area 10 Police Station, Abuja, respectively from 20 March to date
without arraignment in a Court of Law, by the Respondents is arbitrary,
illegal, unlawful and constitutes a gross violation of the Applicant’s
fundamental rights to personal liberty and freedom of movement as
guaranteed under Section 9 of the Child Rights Act, Cap 50, 2003; and
Sections 35 (1) (4) (5b) and 41 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria; and Articles 6 and 12 of the African Charter on human
and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Cap. 10 laws of the
Federation of Nigeria 1990, therefore illegal and unconstitutional;
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