Justice I. Igwe granted the order on Thursday following an ex parte application filed by Ehie, seeking protection against alleged harassment by security agencies over his alleged involvement in the March 29, 2023, arson at the Rivers State House of Assembly.
Port Harcourt, Nigeria — A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has issued an interim injunction restraining the Inspector-General of Police, Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), and other security agencies from arresting, inviting, or detaining Mr. Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff to the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara.
Justice I. Igwe granted the order on Thursday following an ex parte application filed by Ehie, seeking protection against alleged harassment by security agencies over his alleged involvement in the March 29, 2023, arson at the Rivers State House of Assembly.
The defendants in the suit include the Inspector-General of Police, Nigeria Police Force, Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Police Service Commission, State Director of DSS in Rivers, and the DSS itself.
In his ruling, Justice Igwe approved substituted service of court processes to the affected agencies via courier, specifically Red Star Express, to their respective addresses in Abuja. The judge also directed the claimant to file evidence of delivery in court.
The court further ordered that all parties maintain the status quo ante litem as of March 30, 2025, pending the determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction.
“An interim order is hereby issued restraining the defendants, their agents, servants, or privies from inviting, demanding appearance, harassing, intimidating, arresting, or detaining the claimant in relation to the said incident or any statements made by any individual, pending the hearing of the motion on notice,” the ruling stated.
As part of the court’s conditions, the claimant is required to enter into an undertaking in the sum of N2 million to indemnify the defendants should the motion turn out to be frivolous.
The matter was adjourned to April 30, 2025, for the hearing of the motion on notice.
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