The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit seeking an order to restrain Mohammed Adamu from parading himself as the Inspector General of Police (IGP).
Justice Ahmed Mohammed dismissed the suit following an exparte motion with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/106/21 filed by a legal practitioner, Maxwell Opara, and argued by his lawyer, Ugochukwu Ezekiel.
Ezekiel told the court that the application was brought pursuant to Section 215, 216 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), Section 7 of the Nigeria Police Act 2020 and provision of the court.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Opara had sued President Mohammadu Buhari, Mohammed Adamu, the Attorney General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, as 1st to 4th defendants respectively.
In the motion dated February 11 and filed February 12, Opara had asked the court for an order restraining Adamu from parading himself as IGP and order for abridgement of time within which the defendants should respond to the application.
However, Justice Mohammed maintained that since all the defendants had already been served with the originating process in the suit, it would be unfair to grant the exparte motion when the defense had within 30 days to respond to the main suit.
The judge adjourned the matter until February 24 for continuation of hearing.
(NAN)