EKITI - An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti on
Thursday declined to grant an ex-parte order
sought by the Ekiti state government to restrain
EFCC from investigating the finances of the state.

The Nigerian Interest reports that Justice Cornelius Akintayo refused to grant the order on the grounds that all the defendants in thecase must first be put on notice to enable them prepare for their defence at the court.

The judge consequently adjourned the suit to
August 23 and ordered all parties in the suit to
appear before him when the motion on notice
would be heard.

The suit was filed by Ekiti State Attorney General
and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Owoseni Ajayi,
to stop the impending investigation of the accounts
of the state government by the anti graft agency.

Another relief sought by the plaintiffs was an order
stopping the arrest of the Commissioner for
Finance, Accountant General and the managers of
the banks in which the state has commitments.

Defendants in the suit including the Speaker of the
House of Assembly, EFCC, Independent Corrupt
Practices and Other Related Offences Commission
(ICPC), Department of State Services (DSS),
Commissioner for Finance,

Accountant General and five banks doing business
with state government and the managers of those
banks.

The plaintiffs were represented by J. Ejelonu, a
lawyer in the chambers of the Attorney General
held brief for Ahmed Raji (SAN) who argued the
motion ex parte.

Commenting on the ruling,, a legal practitioner,
Kolade Ilesanmi, who came for another matter in
the same court commended Justice Akintayo for
rejecting the motion to prevent the
anti-grant agencies from investigating Ekiti
government accounts.

“Myself and another counsel, Abubakar
Ajibade,are here in the same court for different
matters but we stood up as friends of the Court
and commend the judge for the ruling.

“We also adverted the minds of the Court to similar
case before the Akwa Ibom High Court in which
the judge granted a motion Exparte
which has now landed him trouble with the National
Judicial Council (NJC).

“From the legal point of view, any matter involving
federal institutions is usually heard by the Federal
High Court save for the matters that border on
Fundamental Rights enforcement
in which both the Federal High Courts and State
High Courts are seized with jurisdiction”, he said

Source: www.nigerianinterest..is/2016/08/fayose-fails-in-bid-to-stop-efcc-from_18.html?m=1

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