Court Orders EFCC To Leave Benue Officials Alone

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Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was on Monday restrained by the Federal High Court, Abuja from investigating Benue government officials pending the determination of the substantive originating summons.

The court order will halt EFCC from taking further steps that will jeopardise a suit filed against it by the Benue government.

The Benue government had filed the suit after the agency allegedly froze its accounts on Aug. 7.

The vacation judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, who inherited the suit from another vacation judge said that he needed time to familiarise himself with the suit before he could hear it.

Justice Dimgba adjourned the suit until Aug. 29 and ordered the EFCC to stop the investigation of Benue government officials pending the determination of the substantive originating summons.

The suit was filed in Makurdi by the state government’s counsel, Emeka Etiaba (SAN) who secured leave of court for the matter to be heard by a vacation court on the grounds that it was urgent.

The suit was assigned to Justice Babatunde Quadri who on Aug. 9, summoned the EFCC to appear in court on Aug. 14 before transferring the matter to Justice Dimgba.

 

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