- 7 XX.
The Plaintiff complains that they took him to Abacha road and he tried to
trace Shola’s house but a lot of building had sprung up in the area and
some of the areas that were covered with bushes were cleared coupled
with the fact that it was already too late at night, so it was hard to trace
the building.
XXI.
The Plaintiff alleged that he told them that the Shola he knows is very
popular and has been living for up to eight years and that they can locate
him by coming during the day.
XXII.
The Plaintiff states that when they could not find him, they took the
Plaintiff back to the DSS building, placed him in the same building,
covered his eyes and handcuffed his hands and feet.
XXIII.
The Plaintiff avers that he went through the travails without knowing or
being told of his offence. That it was much later that his friend, Noel
explained to him the situation and the reason for the arrest.
XXIV.
The Plaintiff states that his friend Noel said he was driving from
Mararaba to Abuja. Along the way, he, Noel, picked three persons
(passengers) to enable him augment his fuel money. As they were going,
Federal Road Safety Officers waived him to stop and he stopped for
them.
XXV.
The Plaintiff avers that one of them (Road Safety Officials) went to the
car behind Noel’s car and asked the man seating in front of that car to put
on his seat belt. The man showed his Identity Card and the Road Safety
Officer allowed the vehicle to go without any penalty.
XXVI.
It was then that one of the passengers in Noel’s car commented that if you
are not somebody in Nigeria, you are in trouble. Noel then narrated to
them how he went for a function with some people in a car. He said they
were stopped by a policeman. He said the owner of the car named Shola
brought out an Identity Card and showed to them, which made the
policeman to allow them pass.
XXVII.
The Plaintiff avers that while Noel was narrating the story, he didn’t
know that one of the passengers in the car was a DSS personnel. It was
then the DSS personnel requested Noel to take him to DSS headquarters
after dropping the other passengers.