A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered parties in a suit by ex-Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, to exercise restraint and await
Yari, in the fundamental rights enforcement suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/948/2019, is challenging the propriety of a purported plot by the Attorney General of the Federation and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to seize is assets and freeze his accounts.
When parties returned to court on Friday, Yari’s lawyer, Mamud Magaji , said although he was happy that the respondents were in court, but noted that they did not fully comply with the court’s order to the effect that they must file their responses within 48 hours. Lawyer to the EFCC, Mrs. Hussaina Gambo, confirmed that the commission, in compliance with the court’s order, filed a counter affidavit.Mrs. Gambo said her client was served with the court’s order on August 28, 2019, but was only able to file its response by 12noon on Friday.
Responding, Magaji observed that from what the EFCC’s lawyer said, his client was not free from possible arrest and detention by the respondent before parties return to court again. Magaji prayed the court to order parties to maintain status quo and refrain from taking any action in relation to the issues in dispute pending the court’s determination of the case.
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