The Kano State High Court has issued an order restraining the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbedokun, from arresting Muhuyi Rimin-Gado, the Chairman of the Kano Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission.
The court also granted an interim injunction preventing the IGP from interfering with the ongoing litigation involving Bala Muhammed, the former Managing Director of Kano Agricultural Supply Company (KASCO), who is facing trial for alleged corruption involving N4 billion under the Anti-Corruption Commission.
This ruling follows an earlier incident where Rimin-Gado was detained by the IGP’s monitoring team after being arrested at his office.
He was taken to the Zone 1 Police Command in Kano, where he was held for several hours before being granted bail and instructed to report to the IGP in Abuja.
Rimin-Gado had filed an ex parte application requesting the court to prohibit further actions such as arrest, detention, and harassment by the IGP and other police officials, as well as prevent interference in the commission’s investigation related to the N4 billion fraud case and confiscated properties worth N2 billion allegedly linked to former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
Justice Sanusi Ado Ma’aji granted the requested reliefs and instructed Red Star Express Plc. to serve the relevant court documents to the IGP at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja.
The court also issued an interim injunction directing all parties to maintain the status quo until a motion on notice is heard on February 10, 2025.
