PFIPC scandal: Judge refuses to hear Adeyemi’s rights enforcement suit, returns case file
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has returned the case file of the detained self-styled Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, PFIPC, Adeniyi Adeyemi to the Chief Judge of the Court, Justice John Tsoho, for re-assignment to another Judge. The case file is in respect of a fundamental rights […] PFIPC scandal: Judge refuses to hear…
Federal High Court Judge Obiora Egwuatu has returned the case file of detained PFIPC leader Adeniyi Adeyemi to the Chief Judge for reassignment. The detained self-styled PFIPC Director-General had filed a fundamental rights suit challenging his detention without trial and requesting bail. The court denied proceeding with the hearing, stating that a 72-hour period had not elapsed for the respondents to respond to Adeyemi's requests.
Adeyemi's lawyer had shown the court that all respondents had been duly served on September 8, with a hearing notice served on September 9. The judge questioned the timing of the service and the proof of service, but ultimately returned the case file to the registry for reassignment. Adeyemi had sought six reliefs in his suit, including release from custody, access to his choice of lawyers, and protection from interrogations without his lawyer present. He was arrested in July following an eight-count charge of forgery, fraud, and impersonation.
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