A Federal Capital Territory High court has struck out two separate fundamental rights enforcement suits by two siblings of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, against the Attorney General of the Federation (ASF) and the Department of State Services (DSS).
The two brothers, George and Okanta Emefiele, separately petitioned the court for a perpetual injunction prohibiting the secret police from contacting, inducing, harassing, arresting, or detaining them in connection with any aspect of the DSS’s ongoing investigation into the temporarily suspended apex bank governor.
At the resumed hearing of the cases on Wednesday, counsel for the applicants, Grace Ehusani, informed the court that the applicants separately filed a notice of discontinuance of the case, though she did not give any reasons for the application.
On his part, counsel for the DSS, Ibrahim Awo, urged the court to dismiss the case, instead of striking it out as requested by the applicants’ counsel.
He added a cost of N2 million should be slammed against the applicants in favour of the respondents.
Counsel for the AGF, Maimuma Lami-Sheru agreed with Awo’s request.
Ruling, the presiding judge, Justice Emmanuel Okpe, struck out the cases and ordered that no cost should be paid by the applicants.
