The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged a Federal High Court in Abuja not to grant the reliefs sought by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State in his fundamental right enforcement suit, describing it as speculative.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has urged a Federal High Court in Abuja not to grant the reliefs sought by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State in his fundamental right enforcement suit, describing it as speculative. The EFCC , in its counter affidavit in opposition to Sanwo-Olu ’s originating summons, told Justice Joyce Abdulmalik that the governor’s action in the instant suit is a mere conjecture.
In the application, Ufuoma Ezire, a Superintendent and a Litigation Secretary in the Legal and Prosecution Department of EFCC, who deposed to the counter affidavit, averred that he was conversant with the facts of the case. According to him, that I have the authority, consent and permission of the defendant to depose to this counter affidavit.
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