Kano State High Court has restrained the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, from arresting the Chairman of the Kano Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Rimin-Gado.
Additionally, the court issued an interim injunction restraining the IGP from interfering with the litigation involving the ex-Managing Director of Kano Agricultural Supply Company (KASCO), Bala Muhammed, who is standing trial for N4 billion under the Anti-Corruption Commission.
Recall that Rimin-Gado was arrested by the IGP monitoring team in his office and taken to the Zone 1 police command in Kano, where he was detained for several hours.
He was subsequently released on bail and ordered to report himself before the IGP today in Abuja.
In an ex parte application moved before the High Court, Rimin-Gado sought relief to restrict further invitations, arrests, detentions, and harassment of him and officers of the commission.
The Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission also urged the court to stop the IGP, AIG, and Police Commissioner from interfering in the commission’s investigation involving the N4 billion and confiscated properties worth N2 billion allegedly linked to the immediate past Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
Justice Sanusi Ado Ma’aji, however, granted the reliefs as sought by the plaintiff. The presiding judge further directed Red Star Express Plc., Courier Services, as a special bailiff, to serve the originating process and other subsequent court processes to the IGP at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Louis Edet House, Area 11, outside the jurisdiction of the court.
Justice Ma’aji also granted an interim injunction asking all parties in the matter to maintain the status quo ante bellum or stay all actions pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice, slated for February 10th, 2025.
