The Kano State High Court has issued a restraining order preventing the Nigeria Police Force from arresting, inviting, harassing, or detaining Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado, the Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC).
The ruling followed an ex parte motion brought before the court by the plaintiffs: the Attorney General of Kano State, the PCACC, and Rimingado.
The defendants in the case include the Nigeria Police Force, the Inspector General of Police, the Assistant Inspector General of Police for Zone 1 Kano, the Commissioner of Police in Kano State, ASP Ahmed M. Bello, and Bala Muhammad Inuwa.
Justice Sunusi Ado Ma’aji granted the order on Monday after reviewing the motion ex parte alongside a six-paragraph affidavit sworn by Abubakar Muhammad, a litigation secretary at the law firm of Messrs. A. K. Maude and Co., dated January 27, 2025.
The judge also considered the written address submitted by the applicants’ counsel.
The case has been adjourned to February 2, 2025, for the hearing of the motion on notice.
Rimingado was arrested on Friday evening by police operatives and detained at Zone 1 Police Headquarters in Kano, where he was interrogated for several hours.
He was later released on conditional bail around 11 pm the same day but was instructed to report to the police headquarters in Abuja on Monday for further questioning.
The restraining order now prohibits any further police action against Rimingado until the court hears the substantive motion.
