OKAFOR V. ABUMOFUANI (2016) ALL FWLR (pt 855) 1

Where a report is made against a person and the report is later found to be false, malicious, ill motivated and unfounded, the person so reported, arrested and detained is entitled to damages to be paid to him by the person who made the false report since he is the person who set the law in motion against the victim falsely.