A woman, Doris Ojuederie, has approached the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, seeking protection from further arrest, detention, harassment, passport seizure and restrictions on her movement over a dispute she says arose from her planned marriage.
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Ojuederie and her fiancé, identified as Ezenwaogene, filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Inspector-General of Police, the Nigeria Police Force, the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, the Police Service Commission, the Divisional Police Officer of Galadimawa Police Station and three officers attached to the National Cybercrime Centre.
Also joined as a respondent is Mrs Fibiawari Jonathan, whom Ojuederie accused of allegedly using the police to harass her over the relationship.
In a motion ex parte filed through their counsel, Terkaa J. Aondo, SAN, the applicants are asking the court for interim orders restraining the police from arresting, detaining, threatening, intimidating or otherwise interfering with their personal liberty, freedom of movement and private life pending determination of the substantive suit.
They are also seeking an order restraining Fibiawari from allegedly procuring or instigating their arrest or detention.
Ojuederie alleged in her affidavit that police officers had threatened to confiscate her international passport and restrict her from travelling outside Nigeria.
She said the alleged threats followed her arrest and detention on August 6, 2026, after which she was released on bail. According to her, police officers continued to invite her and allegedly threatened her with another arrest, seizure of her mobile phones and international passport as well as restrictions on her international movement.
“Since I left the station on the 6th of August, 2026, the Police through the 8th and 9th Respondents have been calling me persistently threatening to arrest, seize my phones, International Passport and detain me,” she stated.
Ojuederie alleged that the dispute was substantially connected to her proposed marriage to Ezenwaogene.
According to her, she had introduced Fibiawari to her fiancé but subsequently discovered that Fibiawari had allegedly developed an interest in him.
She further claimed that she later reported the matter to Fibiawari’s husband after allegedly discovering what she described as an affair between Fibiawari and her fiancé. These allegations have not been determined by the court.
The applicant further alleged that armed police officers accompanied by Fibiawari came to her residence in Jabi, Abuja, on July 10 and attempted to gain access to her apartment.
She said she was eventually arrested at her residence on August 6 and taken to the National Cybercrime Centre in Abuja.
According to her, her mobile phones were seized for forensic examination while officers allegedly pressured her to make a statement without her lawyer being present.
She also alleged that officers compelled her to apologise to Fibiawari.
Ojuederie told the court that the repeated police actions had left her in “constant fear” of another arrest and affected her freedom to move around and live peacefully at her residence.
She also alleged that her fiancé had separately been invited and harassed by the police in connection with the dispute.
In their written address, counsel to the applicants argued that their fundamental rights under Sections 34, 35, 41 and 46 of the 1999 Constitution were under threat.
They contended that an interim injunction was required to preserve the status quo and prevent the substantive suit from being rendered ineffective before the court could determine the issues raised.
“The purpose of an interim injunction is to maintain the status quo,” counsel submitted.
The applicants maintained that the underlying dispute was essentially civil and matrimonial in nature and therefore urged the court to protect them from further arrest, detention, seizure of passports and interference with their freedom of movement.
They, however, acknowledged that any order granted by the court should not prevent the police from investigating any genuine criminal offence disclosed by credible evidence or from acting in accordance with due process.
They therefore asked the court to grant the interim protective orders pending determination of their substantive fundamental rights application.
When the matter came up on August 25, 2026, the court did not grant the interim injunction sought by the applicants. Instead, it directed them to put the respondents on notice and adjourned the matter until September 8, 2026, for hearing.
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