Kogi court indefinitely bars EFCC from arresting, prosecuting ex gov, Yahaya Bello

• The court issued the injunction in a two hour judgment delivered on Wednesday, at the High Court 4 and presided over by Hon. Justice I.A Jamil

Alhaji Yahaya Bello, the immediate past Kogi State Governor, has secured a court injunction restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from arresting him.

A High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, barred the anti-graft agency from infringing on the fundamental human rights of the embattled former governor.

The court issued the injunction in a two hour judgment delivered on Wednesday, at the High Court 4 and presided over by Hon. Justice I.A Jamil.

Ruling on the suit no HCL/68/M/2020, the court restrained the EFCC from arresting, detaining and prosecuting the applicant except as authorised by the Court. This is a definite order following the earlier interim injunction given.

The ruling followed the suit brought before the court by Alhaji Yahaya Bello, the applicant, seeking to enforce his fundamental rights against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The Court equally restrained the respondents from continuing to persecuting the Applicant.

Earlier in the judgement, the Court dismissed the issue of jurisdiction as challenged by the EFCC.

The Applicant’s Counsel SA Abbas and MS Yusuf, described the judgment as landmark while the Defendant Counsel, T.U Odima and Patrick O. Jibril also aligned themselves to the judgment, describing it as thorough.