New EFCC chair suffers setback as court okays suits seeking to sack anti-graft boss

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The Federal High Court has okayed two separate suits seeking to sack the newly appointed Economic and Financial Crimes Commission chairman, EFCC, Olanipekun Olukoyede.Vanguard reports that whereas the first suit, marked FHC/KN/CS/280/202, was lodged before the Division of the court in Kano State, the second suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1410/2023, is pending before the Abuja Division.

Though the plaintiff had, through his lawyer, Jideobi Johnmary filed an ex-parte application for the court to issue an order of interim injunction against Olukoyede, Justice Liman ordered him to go and put all the defendants on notice. The court directed the plaintiff to join the EFCC chairman, Olukoyede and Secretary of the Commission, Muhammad Hammajoda, as 4th and 5th defendants, respectively.

Besides, the court okayed substituted service of the suit on the Senate President through the clerk of the Senate.

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