Ramon Oladimeji
Justice Muslim Hassan of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday
struck out a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Justice Rita
Ofili-Ajumogobia, seeking immediate release from the custody of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Justice Hassan said the suit had become academic in view
of Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia’s arraignment before a Lagos State High
Court in Ikeja on Monday and the bail granted her on self recognition by Justice Hakeem Oshodi.
“The issue of the applicant’s bail from the EFCC custody
has been overtaken by the event of her arraignment at the Lagos High
Court and her subsequent release on bail by the court,” Justice Hassan
held.
The judge also declined Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia’s prayer
to declare that the remand order obtained by the EFCC from a magistrate
court to detain her from November 10 till November 28, 2016 was
unlawful, illegal and a violation of her fundamental human rights.
Justice Hassan held that the remand order issued by the
magistrate was in line with the provision of Section 264(1) of the
Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The judge, however, condemned the decision of the EFCC to
revoke the administrative bail earlier granted Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia.
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