“Judge Halts Anti-Graft Chief’s Arrest” — Court Protects Magaji After Ganduje Property Raid

The Court granted an interim order restraining the Police from inviting, arresting or harassing Magaji pending the hearing of the substantive suit against his arrest last week.

“Order is hereby granted appointing Red Star Express Plc., courier services as a special bailiff to serve the originating process and other subsequent court processes in this suit on the 1st, 2nd and 5th defendants/respondents at their offices in Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Louis Edet House, Area 11, and Federal Capital Territory Abuja, outside the jurisdiction of this honourable Court.

“Order of interim injunction is hereby granted restraining the defendants/respondents either by themselves, their agents, officers, privies, representatives, and assigns from further inviting, arresting, detaining, harassing the officers of the 2nd Plaintiffs/Applicants or doing such acts that would be capable of interfering with the 2nd and 3rd plaintiffs/applicants right generally about this suit compelling him to attend to their office at Abuja or at any other location in the country on the 27th January 2025 or any other further subsequent dates pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

“Order of interim injunction is hereby granted restraining the defendants/respondents from taking any further steps in connection with the matter, and maintain status quo ante bellum or staying all actions pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice,” the statement read.

Magaji was whisked away by Police officers last week following his alleged confiscation of property allegedly linked to APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje.

The properties which were confiscated through Bala Inuwa Muhammad suspected to be a proxy to Ganduje were said to have not gone down well with the APC Chairman who was alleged to have initiated the arrest of Muhyi Magaji Rimin Gado.

The plaintiffs in the suit are the Kano State Attorney General, Kano State PCACC and Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado.

Also, the defendants are the Nigerian Police Force, Inspector General of Police, AIG Zone One, Kano Commissioner of Police, ASP Ahmed Bello and Bala Muhammad Inuwa.

However, the presiding judge adjourned to February 10th, 2025 for a hearing of the motion on notice.