A
Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed an application by a former
Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, asking for an order to stop the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission and the police from arresting her with respect
to the ongoing investigation into corruption allegation against her.
Oduah
had filed the fundamental rights enforcement suit, asking the court to prohibit
the Attorney-General of the Federation’s office, the EFCC, and the police from
“inviting, arresting, investigating or prosecuting” her over the purchase of
two armoured BMW vehicles at the cost of N255m by the Nigerian Civil Aviation
Authority under her watch as the aviation minister in 2013.
Justice
Abdu Kafarati in his judgment on Wednesday upheld the objection raised by the
respondents, to the effect that the court lacked the requisite jurisdiction to
hear the case.
He
held that that no court had the power to stop security agencies from carrying
out their duty of investigation.
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