EFCC
Court Stops EFCC From Arresting, Prosecuting Yahaya Bello
*/ Naija News reports that the court gave the directive in a two hour judgment delivered on Wednesday, at the High Court 4 and presided over by Hon. Justice I.A Jamil, in suit no HCL/68/M/2020.
Justice Jamil restrained the EFCC from infringing on the fundamental human rights of the applicant except as authorised by the Court. This is a definite order following the earlier interim injunction given.
Yahaya Bello had approached the court seeking to enforce his fundamental rights against the anti-graft agency. The Court equally restrained the respondents from continuing to persecuting the Applicant.
The High Court had earlier dismissed the issue of jurisdiction as challenged by the EFCC.
The Applicant’s Counsel SA Abbas and MS Yusuf, described the judgment as landmark while the
Defendant Counsel, T.U Odima and Patrick O. Jibril also aligned themselves to the judgment, describing it as thorough.
Recall that the EFCC had on Wednesday morning laid siege to the Abuja residence of the former Kogi State Governor.
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Nigeria News
A High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, on Wednesday restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting, detaining or prosecuting former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.
