NEWS
Omo-Agege Secures Court Order To Stop Police, DSS From Arresting Him
A high court sitting in Abuja has granted Ovie Omo-Agege, senator representing Delta central, an interim order restraining the police, Department of Sate Service (DSS) and other law enforcement bodies from arresting him.
Omo-Agege had on Wednesday, allegedly stormed the senate with unidentified persons who made away with the mace.
The act caused chaos in the red chamber for a while, until a spare mace was brought in to enable the lawmakers reconvene plenary.
Omo-Agege later joined his colleagues in plenary but was subsequently led away by the police.
The suspended lawmaker said he was not arrested but “merely” left with the police who wanted to hear his perspective on the matter
Thecable report however that Omo-Agege’s lawyers approached the court on Thursday to seek an interim injunction against arrest or detention of the senator.
The team of lawyers led by Aliyu Umar, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) asked the court to restrain the respondents, listed to include attorney-general of the federation (AGF), inspector-general of police (IGP), commissioner of police FCT command and the director-general of the state security service (SSS), from attempting to threaten or violate the fundamental human rights of the applicant.
Ishaq Bello, the presiding judge, granted all the four prayers.
He reassigned the case to court 30 for hearing of motion on notice and adjourned till May 6.
Look Beyond Page Views To Build Profitable Media – DOPF Tells Online Publishers
Delta Police Arrest Three For Impersonating SGF Akume, Oborevwori’s Protocol Director To Defraud Community Leader Of N5.4m
Ebola Alert: 20 Key Facts As FG Traces 44 Contacts Over Suspected Case In FCT
I Never Asked Nigerians in Diaspora to Abandon Their Families — Peter Obi
‘If Buhari as a General Couldn’t End Insecurity, Spare Tinubu’ — Abdulaziz Yari
Tinubu Condoles With Ibori, Uduaghan Family Over Ex-Governor’s Death
DOPF Opens 2026 Annual Conference With Workshop On Digital Media Sustainability
Isoko South Flags Off Mega Empowerment, 4,000 Residents To Get N50,000 Each
Blackout Hits Four States as NUEE Shuts Down BEDC Facilities Over Welfare Dispute
Isoko North Chairman Empowers 5,000, Hails Oborevwori’s Grassroots Initiative
AI Courses In Nigeria Surge 93% As Critical Thinking Jumps 113% – Coursera Report 20262
DOPF Mourns Uduaghan, Recalls His 2021 Lecture On Niger Delta Economy
Delta Declares 3-Day Mourning For Ex-Gov Uduaghan, Flags To Fly At Half-Mast
Tompolo Mourns Uduaghan, Recalls Ex-Governor’s Role In Niger Delta Amnesty Programme
Uduaghan’s Death Painful Loss – Okowa Mourns Predecessor
