PFIPC: Allow Adeniyi Adeyemi Access to His Lawyers, Court Orders IGP, AGF
Alex Enumah in Abuja Justice Obiora Egwatu of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the Nigeria Police Force and the Attorney-General of the
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Inspector General of Police and the Attorney-General of the Federation to allow detained former Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council boss, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, access to his lawyers. The court issued the ruling on Thursday, responding to a motion ex-parte filed by Adeyemi's attorney, M.B.
Abdulazeez. Adeyemi has been held in police custody since July, following a court order, after he missed a previous court appearance. The Federal Government is currently prosecuting Adeyemi in connection with the alleged non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC). However, the imprisoned businessman filed a fundamental rights suit and a separate ex-parte application, arguing that he should be released from detention and permitted to choose his own medical practitioners.
In granting the ex-parte application, Justice Obiora Egwatu ordered that Adeyemi be allowed unrestricted access to his chosen legal counsel at all reasonable hours. The judge also gave the AGF and the police a 72-hour deadline to justify why more of Adeyemi's requested remedies should not be granted, setting September 9 as the date for the respondents to respond.
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