Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Rickey Tarfa has said that there is no record in the Federal High Court, Lagos where he filed a N2.5 billion Fundamental Enforcement suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) that he ask for any court order to stop his alleged trial in any court, contrary to early reports.
Rather, it was the counsel to the anti-graft agency, one Rotimi Oyedepo who while objecting to the request of Tarfa to stop his harrasment insinuated that if the request was granted, it would prevent the agency from pressing charges against the applicant..
In a statement by the Head of Chambers of Rickey Tarfa & Co, Segun Odubela, Justice Muhammed Idris in his short ruling, ordered as follows that, “No party to this suit shall take any step to foist a fiat accompli on the court, or any act that will have the effect of rendering nugatory any order the court will make at the conclusion of hearing”.
He further ordered that, “The Respondents shall in the interim preserve the rights of the Applicant as provided for in the Constitution and the African Charter and Peoples Rights, pending further hearing of this application”.
On the request of Oyedepo, Justice Idris categorically ordered that, “the Court has no jursidiction to give any order that will prevent the free flow of charge No. LD/2417C/16”.
Recall that the EFCC had arrested Tarfa in the premises of a Lagos State High Court allegedly for obstructing justice in a case involving two foreigners from Benin Republic.
Following his arrest and subsequent detention, Tarfa had filed slammed a N2.5 billion damages against the EFCC for allegedly infringing on his fundamental human rights.
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