“In the absence of any evidence that Nigeria was in a state of war, the style and procedure adopted by the second and third respondents and their agents in this case, is highly condemnable, repressible, crude and most unprofessional. EVERY NIGERIAN HAS RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION as enumerated in authorities earlier stated.”
“With the benefit of the hindsight, given the number of guns, arms allegedly recovered from the premises of the applicant on the fateful night, relative to the harms, damage and deaths, plus trauma inflicted on, not only the applicant, his households, guests, and neighborhood, it is very doubtful if it was worth the exercise at all.”
~~~Justice Ladiran Akintola (Sunday Igboho vs DSS
“It was not only the applicant that would have been traumatised by the overzealousness and recklessness of the second and third respondents and their agents. The entire neighbourhood of the applicant’s residence was thrown into serious squabbles and troubles.
“The style adopted by the second and third respondents in the case should be condemned in strongest possible terms, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY ARE MAINTAINED BY THE NIGERIAN TAXPAYERS. And yet they did not hesitate to unleash such mayhem on a Nigerian citizen, who has not been pronounced guilty of any crime by any court of the land.”
~~~Justice Ladiran Akintola (Sunday Igboho vs DSS AGF FG)
