The FCT High Court sitting in Bwari, Abuja has restrained the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) from arresting the spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Ikenga Ugochinyere.
Justice Othman Musa, who gave the order on Thursday in Bwari, said the police and DSS should not give effect to the directives of the House of Representatives to arrest Mr Ugochinyere.
The judge said: “The 5th and 6th respondents are ordered in clear terms not to give effect to the act of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th respondents, either by themselves, servants or privies for acts of disobedience of the orders of Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/475/2020.
“They are further restrained from arresting or detaining in any manner the applicant, pending the determination of the motion on notice.”
The House of Representatives, led by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, had directed the IGP to arrest Ugochinyere over the allegation he made against the house involving $10 million bribe.
Ugochinyere had alleged that the House collected the bribe to hurriedly deliberate upon and pass the Infectious Disease Bill pending before it.
The CUPP spokesman took the case to court after the House issued the directive for his arrest on Wednesday.
