THE
Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the State Security Service,
the Inspector-General of Police and the Attorney-General of the Federation to
produce the owner of Amigo Supermarket, Mustapha Fawaz in their custody on June
13, 2013.
The
court also directed the defendants to produce two other Lebanese suspected to
have imported arms cache into the country for alleged terrorist
activities in their custody.
The
other suspects are Abdallah Tahini and Tala Ahmed Roda who are presently in
custody.
Justice
A. F.A. Ademola gave the order following an ex-parte application by counsel to
the suspects including Chief Robert Clark (SAN), Ahmed Raja (SAN) with 12 others.
The
suspects had sued the three defendants challenging their arrest and continued
detention. After hearing the ex-parte motion, the judge ordered “That an order
is hereby made directing the respondents particularly the 1st and 2nd
respondents to produce the applicants in court on June 13, 2013.
“That
it is further ordered that the applicants Motion on Notice dated the 3rd day of
June, 2013 already served on the respondents is fixed for June 13 for
hearing.”
Out of
the four prayers before the court, the trial judge only granted the request of
the counsel to produce the suspects on June 13.
The
ex-parte application reads: “Upon the Motion Ex-parte dated and filed on the
3rd day of June 2013, praying for the following: An interim order granting bail
to the applicants forthwith conditionally or unconditionally, pending the
determination of the substantive Motion on Notice in this matter.
“An
Interim Order restraining the respondents from continued arrest, detention,
harassment and intimidation of the applicants, their families, relations and/
or business interests pending the determination of the substantive Motion on
Notice in this matter.
“In the
alternative, an Interim Order directing the respondents particularly the 1st
and 2nd respondents to produce the applicants in court for the hearing of the
Motion on Notice in this matter pending the hearing and determination of the
said Motion on Notice.
“And
such further order(s) as this Honourable Court may deem fit to make in the
circumstances.”
Source: Tribune
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