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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a fundamental rights suit filed by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The suit aims to prevent the EFCC from arresting or prosecuting Sanwo-Olu after his tenure.The anti-graft body had dismissed the suit as speculative and a mere conjecture. Recall that the Lagos State Government had denied any involvement in the suit, stating that Sanwo-Olu never authorized any lawyer to file it.
“That no officer of the defendant could have invited the plaintiff or his aides without furnishing them with such detailed particulars of himself.“That contrary to the depositions in paragraphs 5 of the plaintiff affidavit, the defendant did not intimidate, harass or threaten the plaintiff or subject him to any trauma,” he said.He said the agency was unaware of any threat to arrest Mr Sanwo-Olu’s aides.
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