- The applicant herein approached this court on 15th March, 2024 seeking a writ of habeas corpus directed to the 1st and 2nd respondent to have the body of Olayiwola Saheed Tunde produced within 24 hours.
- The application is premised on grounds that the applicant has been held in custody since 13th March, 2024 and is at the risk of being deported arbitrarily through coercion without being accorded a fair trial.
- That the respondents have no reasonable excuse for the continued detention of the applicant.
- Directions requiring service of the application upon the respondents were given on 19th March, 2024. When the matter came up on 21st March 2024 Counsel for the applicant did not turn up. Consequently the matter was given today’s date and similarly there was no representation.
- The legal right to apply for the writ of habeas corpus lay with the applicant who was expected to move the court. Having failed to demonstrate the intention to move the court as expected the interest is deemed to have diminished.
- In the premises the application is dismissed for want of prosecution.
- It is so ordered.
JudgmentOLAYIWOLA SAHEED TUNDE VS INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS1 min read
OLAYIWOLA SAHEED TUNDE VS INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS
High Court at Milimani High Court · · Lilian Mutende
Details
- Delivered
- Court rank
- High Court
- Division
- High Court Criminal
- Case type
- Criminal Miscellaneous Application
- Judge
- Lilian Mutende
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