A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has stopped security agencies and anti-corruption bodies from arresting or probing the former Coordinator of Presidential Amnesty Programme, Kingsley Kuku over alleged fraud.

Mr. Kuku is accused of diverting billions of naira meant for amnesty programmes for former militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta.

The Court presided by Justice Valentine Ashi issued the order following an application filed by counsel to the embattled former amnesty coordinator, Ademola Abimbola.

Mr. Kuku had in a motion filed by his counsel, complained that having been invited for interrogation by the EFCC, he may be arrested and detained, unless the court intervenes.

In its ruling, the court barred the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, from arresting, detaining and investigating Mr. Kuku’s activities as head of the amnesty office.

The order also affects the department of the State Security Services, SSS, the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, and National Security Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.

Mr. Ahsi insisted that none of the anti-graft and security agencies should take any action on the alleged fraud pending the determination of a suit filed before the court.

The judge also ordered the defendants to be put on notice and to appear before him to show cause why an order of injunction should not be granted against them.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Wednesday, vowed to challenge an Abuja High Court order.










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