NAN-H-68
Motion
By Edith Nwapi
Abuja, Nov. 21, 2016 (NAN) An FCT high court on Monday fixed Nov. 24 for hearing in a motion on notice filed by former FCT Minister, Sen. Bala Mohammed, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) violation of his fundamental right.
Mohammed, former minister under former President Goodluck Jonathan, had been in the custody of the EFCC since Oct. 25 following petitions against him by the public.
The former minister, through his counsel, Mr Chris Uche (SAN), brought a motion of violation of fundamental human right against EFCC for detaining him for four weeks.
He also sought the order of the court for EFCC to release him on bail and also to award N100 million damages against EFCC.
At the resumed hearing before Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf, Uche told the court that his client had been in custody of the EFCC for four weeks now.
Uche then prayed the court to attend to the matter urgently, noting that motion for the enforcement of his client’s fundamental right was filed on Nov. 16.
The prosecuting counsel, Mr Rimamsomte Ezekiel, informed the court that the applicant was in the custody of the EFCC following an order of an FCT high court on Nov. 9.
He said the order would expire on Nov. 23 and that the applicant was detained because he was jeopardising investigation.
Ezekiel said that the applicant was being investigated on many petitions against him on several financial and fictitious contracts he signed while in office.
After hearing the submissions from the counsel, Baba-Yusuf adjourned until
Nov. 24 to hear the motion if the applicant was not released on bail before then. (NAN)
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Edited by Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu