Read full details as Court decries continued detention of Ekweremadu

  • The court has described the ongoing travails of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, as disturbing
  • The court in its recent ruling held that no Nigerian, at home or abroad should suffer such an ill fate
  • The court while vacating the interim order that allowed the FG to seize Ekweremadu’s 40 properties, berated the EFCC for the role it played in the lawmaker’s continued detention

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has described the continued detention of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, as pathetic.

In a matter of interim forfeiture order against Ekweremadu’s assets, Justice Inyang Ekwo in a ruling on Friday, January 20th, held that no Nigerian citizen deserves to go through such a harrowing experience whether in Nigeria or overseas.