On the issue of cause of action, the Court held that the Originating Processes disclosed a justiciable complaint concerning the enforcement of the Applicants' fundamental rights and therefore established a reasonable cause of action.
Three suspended officers of the Ondo State Security Network Agency (Amotekun Corps) have secured a significant legal victory after the High Court of Ondo State, sitting in Akure, held that the Corps lacks the legal authority to unilaterally declare any Nigerian citizen wanted.
The consolidated fundamental rights enforcement suits were instituted by Abu Taiwo, Akinsipe Victor and Ekujimi Julius, through their counsel, Tope Temokun, against the Commandant of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, and the Ondo State Security Network Agency (operating under the code-name "Amotekun Corps"), challenging their suspension and the decision declaring them wanted.
The suits are HCAK/478/CIV/2025 – Abu Taiwo v. Akogun Adetunji Adeleye & Anor; HCAK/475/CIV/2025 – Pius Akinsipe Temitope Victor v. Akogun Adetunji Adeleye & Anor; and HCAK/479/CIV/2025 – Ekujimi Julius v. Akogun Adetunji Adeleye & Anor.
In judgments delivered on Monday, 27 July 2026, Hon. Justice A. O. Odusola, Chief Judge of Ondo State, first considered the Respondents' Preliminary Objection challenging the competence of the suits. The Respondents argued that the supporting affidavits were incompetent because they were not personally deposed to by the Applicants and further contended that the suits disclosed no reasonable cause of action.
