RELIEFS SOUGHT BY THE APPLICANT.
12. The Applicant prays the Court to order the following reliefs:
a. Declaration that the arrest and subsequent detention of the Applicant at the
Barkin Ladi Station in Plateau State on 7 April 2012, at the instance of the
Respondent State without being duly informed of the nature and reason for
his arrest is illegal, unlawful, null and void as same is contrary to the
provisions of Article 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
Principles 10 and 12 of the Body of Principles for the Protection of all
Persons under any form of Detention or imprisonment, Section 35 (3) of the
1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Third Alteration Act)
As Amended.
b. A Declaration that the continuous detention of the Applicant at the Special
Task Force Guard Room in Jos, Plateau State from 8 April 2012 to November
2013 without being charged before any Court of Competent Jurisdiction in
Nigeria for a written offence, is contrary to the provision of Section 35 (4),
(5), (6) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as
Amended) Third Alteration Act, Principle 11 of the Body of Principle for the
Protection of all Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment and
Principle 36 of the Body of Principles for the Protection of all Persons under
Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment.
c. A Declaration that the arraignment of the Applicant before the General Court
Martial on 4 December 2013 and the subsequent sentence of a term of two
years imprisonment passed on the Applicant thereafter on 9 December 2013
without the confirmation of the designated Nigerian Army Authority is
illegal, ultra vires, null and void, as same contravenes the provisions of
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