Justice Abimbola Awogboro of an Ikoyi Federal High Court on Wednesday stopped the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) Force Criminal Investigation Department (ForceCID), and Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos, their privies, agents and/or any officers acting under their instructions and all other officers under their control and command, from further inviting, harassing, arresting, interrogating or detaining the officials, directors, privies, servants, agents or any person or persons acting under the instruction or in the employment of a Limited Liability Company, LADGROUP Limited.
The Judge equally issued an order restraining one Prince (Dr) Babatunde Adedapo Onafowokan, from instigating any other security agencies to invite, harass, arrest, interrogate or detain the officials, directors, privies, servants, agents or any person or persons acting under the instruction or in the employment of a Limited Liability Company, LADGROUP Limited.
The court arrived at the decision consequent upon a motion filed and argued by counsel to the applicant, Adetunji Adedoyin-Adeniyi, where the court held that the orders subsist till the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice filed by the applicants against the IGP, DIG, AIG and Prince Onafowokan in a suit marked FHC/L/CS/717/2022.
Furthermore, the judge directed that the applicants should file an undertaken as to damages if it turns out that the orders made ought not to have been granted.
The judge adjourned further hearing till May 9 and return the file to the admin judge for proper assignment.
Applicants in the fundamental rights enforcement suit are LADGROUP Limited; Mr Robert Ogirri; Mrs Bolaji Christiana Oluwayemisi; Mr Toyin Alimi; Mr Chukwunonso Okeke; Mr Kemi Odunsi and Mr Keshi Afegbua.
The applicants’ Motion Exparte was brought under Sections 36, 38, 46(1)(2) and 46(3) and 315 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and Articles 6, 7 and 12 of the African Charter on human and peoples’ rights (ratification and enforcement) Act Cap. A9 LFN, 2004.
The application is also made under Sections 10 and 13 of the Federal High Court Act: Order 26 Rules 6 (2); Order 28 Rules 2 and 2 (1) and Order 28 Rule 1 of the FHC Civil Procedure Rules, 2019 and under the Court’s inherent jurisdiction.
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