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| APC Chairman Jide Awe |
Justice A. Lewis-Allagoa
ruled today that “nobody can tie the hands of the police from performing their
constitutional duties”.
He said the order he
granted earlier, restraining the arrest of Mr. Awe and others, was just for a
limited time.
Premium Times reports that,
the Ekiti APC chairman Jide Awe, and four other members, namely Faboro John,
Aniramu Basiru, Falayi Busuyi and Owonifari Sefiu were declared wanted by the
police for their alleged involvement in the murder of two people in
Erinjiyan-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on March 31, 2013.
The deceased were Ayo Jeje
and Juliana Adewumi.
The suspects went to the
Federal High Court in Jos, Plateau State with an exparte motion, seeking an
order to stop the police from arresting them.
In an earlier motion, they
urged the court to declare as unconstitutional the planned arrest, detention
and arraignment.
They also argued that the
charges for which they were being suspected for had been heard by a court, and
the case dismissed.
Ruling on that motion on
November 24, Lewis-Allagoa granted all the relief sought by the accused persons
pending the determination of the originating motion on notice before the court.
He ordered the motion be
served to the police not less than seven days before the hearing of the
Originating Motion on Notice and adjourned the matter to December 3 for
hearing.
However, when the matter
came up, Abayomi Sadikum, counsel to the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman
Abba, and the Commissioners of Police Plateau and Ekiti States, pushed the
court to vacate the restraining order given.
Lewis-Allagoa therefore
vacated the order on the ground that the hands of the police could not be tied
from performing their constitutional duties.
Premium Times
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