The Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to unfreeze the bank accounts of 20 #EndSARS promoters.
Justice Ahmed Mohammed gave the ruling following the agreement reached by parties in the suit to amicably resolve the matter.
Justice Mohammed, who commended counsel to the CBN Michael Andoaka, and lawyer to the defendants Femi Falana, ruled that “all processes filed in respect of the case are hereby deemed to have been withdrawn.”
The judge, then, set aside the November 4, 2020 order and ordered that all the accounts of the affected persons “be immediately defreezed.”
The CBN, in an ex parte motion marked FHC/ABJ/ CS/1384/2020, had prayed the court to unfreeze the bank accounts of Bolatito Oduala alias Rinu Oduala and 19 others who participated in the #EndSARS protest last year against police brutality in the country.
The apex bank said it took the action to investigate the promoters of the protest on allegations bordering on terrorism financing, among others.
