A High Court in Lagos has fixed 20 April to rule on an application filed by Kogi State seeking to vacate an interim order of the court freezing 14 properties linked to the state governor.
During the hearing, the state’s lawyer told the court that he had an application dated 9 March seeking to vacate the order of the court made on 22 February. The lawyer further stated that the EFCC, instead of apologising, sent a press release that the money had been returned to the Central Bank of Nigeria.
“The EFCC in flagrant disregard of the said order of the Kogi State high court and her pending appeal at the Court of Appeal Abuja Judicial Division, arrested one Ali Bello Nephew of the applicant herein, who is an associate of the Kogi State Government on the 29th of November, 2022,” Mr Mohammed said.
“That the High Court of Kogi State in a judgement delivered on the 12th of January, 2023 granted all the reliefs sought by the applicant and made an order declaring his arrest, detention and interrogation illegal and unconstitutional and further order of perpetual injunction restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, their agents, servants, privies or howsoever called from further arrest, detention, harassment and intimidation of the said Ali Bello, nephew of the applicant herein.
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