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Court hears Jonathan cousin’s suit against EFCC July 5

The Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned till July 5 for hearing in a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission by a cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Robert Azibaola.

Azibaola filed the suit to challenge his alleged unlawful detention by the EFCC last year March.

In the suit filed before Justice Mojisola Olatoregun, Azibaola’s lawyer, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, contended that the EFCC had no right under sections 293 and 294 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act to detain his client.

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