The Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit filed by Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, seeking to restrain the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting him at the end of his tenure.......CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE>>>>>
According to reports by News Agency of Nigeria, the Presiding Judge, Joyce Abdulmalik, dismissed the suit after Sanwo-Olu’s counsel, Gbenga Femi Akande, moved the motion to discontinue the case.
The court struck out the case on October 31.
The lawsuit was filed in October, with Sanwo-Olu’s lawyer, Darlington Ozurumba, arguing that the alleged plan to arrest the Governor is “unconstitutional and a flagrant violation of his fundamental right to personal liberty and freedom of movement.”
The EFCC had described the legal action as speculative and a “mere conjecture.”
Inln a counter affidavit, the anti-graft agency stated that it is not investigating the Governor and has never threatened to arrest him or his staff.
In a surprising turn of events, the EFCC’s counsel, Hadiza Afegbua, appeared in court on Tuesday, only to discover that the case had been struck out.
