Friday, August 14, 2026 - The Federal High Court sitting in Bauchi has dismissed a N200 million fundamental rights enforcement suit filed against the Nigeria Police Force, the Inspector-General of Police and the Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State Command.
The suit, marked FHC/BAU/CS/94/2025, was instituted by Dr
Aliyu Sulaiman Wunti against Alhaji Abdulaziz Tijjani and five others.
The spokesman of the Bauchi State Police Command, SP Nafiu
Habib, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday, saying the judgment was
delivered on July 24, 2026, by the Bauchi Judicial Division of the Federal High
Court after 11 court sittings.
According to Habib, the applicant sought declarations that
his fundamental rights to fair hearing and property had been violated, as well
as perpetual injunctions against the respondents.
He also claimed N200 million in damages, comprising N50
million as compensation for the alleged demolition of his property, N100
million as general damages and N50 million as the cost of the action.
Habib said the command’s legal team defended the matter on
behalf of the Nigeria Police Force and the Bauchi State Police Command.
The court held that the applicant failed to establish any
breach of his fundamental rights by the respondents and consequently dismissed
the suit in its entirety.
The court also awarded N1 million in costs against the
applicant in favour of the respondents.
Reacting to the judgment, the Commissioner of Police,
Sani-Omolori Aliyu, commended the command’s legal team for what he described as
professionalism, diligence and resilience throughout the proceedings.
Habib added that the judgment reaffirmed the command’s
commitment to upholding the rule of law and protecting the rights of citizens
while defending officers acting within the confines of the law.
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