The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The judge, Joyce Abdulmalik, ended the case after the governor's legal representative moved for its discontinuation.
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However, NAN observed that the matter was not listed on today’s cause list and no lawyer represented the governor in court.Support journalism driven by facts, created by Nigerians for Nigerians. Our thorough, researched reporting relies on the support of readers like you.Out of the 10 cases scheduled for hearing before Ms Abdulmalik, the suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/773/2024, between Babajide Sanwo-Olu and EFCC, was not on the Tuesday’s cause list.
Again, while the notice of discontinuance of the suit was dated and filed on 30 October, the hearing notice, was also issued to parties on 30 October for proceedings to resume 26 November .The suit was filed in the name of Mr Sanwo-Olu, through a lawyer, Darlington Ozurumba, had sued the anti-graft agency as the sole defendant over alleged threat to arrest, detain and prosecute him after his tenure as governor.
The governor prayed the court to declare that the incessant harassment, threat of arrest and detention, against him upon the EFCC’s instigation by his political adversaries based on false and politically motivated allegation of corruption is a misuse of executive powers and abuse of public office. The official said the commission was not investigating the governor and had never invited him or threatened to arrest any member of his staff, domestic or otherwise.
“That the action of the plaintiff in this case is mere conjecture and speculation as there is no petition or any intel gathered before the defendant to warrant the men and officers of same to invite, threaten to arrest the plaintiff at the moment.
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