In a recent development, a Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an interim injunction against the inspector-general of police (IGP), the government of Abia State, and the Panel of Inquiry on Recovery of Government Properties and Funds, which was established in June by Governor Alex Otti.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
The court’s decision came after an ex-parte motion was presented by C.C. Enuka, the counsel representing Sir Gabriel Onyendilefu and three others as applicants….CONTINUE READING
According to the court papers, the injunction prohibits the respondents from engaging in activities such as inviting, summoning, interrogating, harassing, intimidating, arresting, detaining, or seizing any property belonging to the applicants, their children, or any person connected to them.
The order applies specifically to matters related to the applicants’ tenure as public officers in the Abia State government between 2015 and 2023, and it will remain in effect until the determination of the substantive originating motion on notice.
Additionally, the court granted a departure from Order 43 Rule 3 (2) of the High Court of Federal Capital Territory (Civil Procedure) Rule 2018, stating that the interim orders issued will remain in force until the hearing and determination of the Applicant’s substantive originating motion on notice.
The case has been adjourned to August 15, 2023, for the hearing of the substantive suit.
It’s worth noting that Governor Alex Otti had inaugurated a panel of inquiry on the recovery of government properties and funds, led by Justice Florence Ikwuoma Duruoha-Igwe (rtd) on June 27, 2023.
