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Court bars Senate, IGP from arresting ex-EFCC boss, Lamorde

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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has barred the Senate and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, from arresting the immediate past Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde.

The Senate had recently mandated its committee on public petition to begin the process of issuing an arrest warrant against Lamorde over his refusal to appear before it to answer questions in relation to a petition that he mismanaged
over N1 trillion in recovered funds and properties.

The restraining order was granted by Justice Gabriel Kolawole on the strength of an ex-parte motion Lamorde filed before the court through his lawyer, Mr. Festus Ukpue.

In a March 7 application, the former EFCC boss prayed the court to stop the Senate from issuing a warrant for his arrest, pending the hearing and determination of a substantive suit he lodged before the court.

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Lamorde had gone before the court to challenge the investigative process the lawmakers initiated against him.
Ruling on the application, Justice Kolawole said: “A limited order of injunction is hereby granted to restrain the defendants, pending when they are heard on the reply to the plaintiff’s motion on notice.

“That the plaintiff’s counsel is hereby directed to obtain a certified true copy of the order in this ruling, and cause same to be served on the Inspector-General of Police.”

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