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An FCT High Court has restrained the Nigeria Police, the State Security Service (SSS) and the Attorney General of the Federation from arresting or threatening Senator Ovie Omo-Agege.
The senator was briefly detained by the police on Wednesday after he was accused of leading a group of thugs who invaded the Senate chambers and carted away the mace.
In a statement Wednesday evening, the senator denied the allegation.
He said he was at the National Assembly to resume sittings “based on legal advice and his understanding of the current position of the law.”
The police later announced recovery of the mace, but said investigation was ongoing.
However, on Thursday the senator’s lawyers approached the court seeking an interim injunction against further arrest or detention of the senator.
The team of lawyers led by Aliyu Umar, a Senior Avocate of Nigeria, asked for court’s protection for the embattled senator pending determination of a fundamental human rights case brought against the respondents.
The judge, Ishaq Bello, granted the four-point prayers of the senator’s lawyers and adjourned the matter to May 6 for hearing at Court 30.
Mr. Omo-Agege was suspended from the Senate on April 12 over his allegations that a bill for reordering of election sequence was targeted at President Muhammadu Buhari.
However, on Wednesday, the suspended Senator resurfaced at the National Assembly.
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