A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to stop the police from its ongoing investigation of the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and some others in relation to the alleged forgery of the 2015 Standing Rules of the Senate.

Justice Gabriel Kolawole, in a ruling yesterday, refused an ex-parte application filed by Senator Gilbert Emeka Nnaji, seeking to among others, restrain the police from proceeding with the investigation and making public the report of the inquiry.

Nnaji had applied for interim orders to restrain the defendants in the case – the Inspector General of Police (IG) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) pending the determination of his substantive suit.

The plaintiff is challenging the constitutionality of the investigation within the context of the doctrine of separation of power.

Justice Kolawole said he could not grant the prayer sought by the plaintiff at ex-parte stage when his court possesses the power to conduct a judicial review of the action complained about in the substantive suit.

He also refused the plaintiff’s request to abridge the time within which the defendants could respond.

The judge held that while the court’s rules allow defendants 30 days within which to respond, a reduction in the period must be with the consent of parties in the suit.

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