Rochas Okorocha, Imo governor,
has sued Ibrahim Idris, the inspector-general of police (IGP), over an alleged
breach of his fundamental human rights in respect to the “ransacking” of his
house in Jos.
The governor, who filed his case
before justice Musa Kurya of the Jos federal high court, is demanding N1.25
billion as general damages for the action.
Joined in the suit are Plateau
commissioner of police, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and
the attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice.
Okorocha, through his counsel,
Markus Saleh (SAN), had told the court that on May 3, the respondents had
invaded his home in Jos and held his family members and staff hostage in a
search conducted without any court warrant.
He prayed the court to declare the
action as “illegal, null and void” as there was no valid court warrant for such
an exercise.
Okorocha also prayed the court
for a perpetual injunction restraining the respondents from further doing
anything as such in his homes across the country.
He further sought for an order
declaring that only the Imo house of assembly had the constitutional rights and
power to supervise, monitor, legislate, appropriate and demand accounting of
public funds of the state from him.
He asked the court to order the respondents
to pay him the N1 billion as general damages and N25 million as cost of
instituting the case.
The case has been adjourned to
January 24 for the adoption of final written addresses by all parties in the
case.
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