The adjournment was sequel to a letter written by J. A. Adamu, counsel to the fifth respondent (Chief of Defence Staff) addressed to the Judge, indicating that he was attending a matter at the Court of Appeal in Lagos. Consequently, the matter has been adjourned to June 13, for hearing. However, the applicant’s counsel, Jibril Okutepa (SAN), filed a further affidavit, insisting that agents of the Federal Government know where Dr Abba was being detained. The further affidavit in response to the counter affidavit of the first, to seventh respondents, deposed to by one Oluwaseyi Arowosebe, stated that “Officers and men of the third respondent (IGP) effected the arrest of the applicant when the applicant voluntarily went to the police station to retrieve his properties. “That in an earlier suit filed by the applicant and others which was struck out, the Commissioner of police, Yobe State, an agent of the first respondent. (AGF), second (FG) and third, deposed to a counter affidavit which was served on the applicant, and they admitted the fact of the arrest of the applicant upon the fact stated therein. In addition, Arowosebe claimed “that the first, to seventh respondents have in their possession, records of the arrest, detention and the place or places they keep the applicant presently. From the further affidavit, it was revealed that the agents of the first, second and third respondents made available to wife of the applicant, Mrs Rahila Muhammad Bashir, copy of police investigation reports on the applicant, which report was signed by one ACP Mohammed Lawal. More so, the further affidavit stated, “from the report of the Amnesty International of June 2015, captioned Arbitrary detention of Dr Muhammad Mari Abba, the agents of the respondents are detaining the applicant at Kainji Detention Centre. But in opposition to the claim by the applicant, the IGP (third respondent) said “immediately after preliminary investigation, the first applicant and the exhibits were handed over to the Commander, Operation Restore Order, Nigerian Army, Damaturu for further investigation.]]>