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Court orders Nigerian police, attorney general to grant detained Adeyemi access to lawyers

From The Punch · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources In the courts
  • The Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Inspector-General of Police, police and attorney general to give Adeniyi Adeyemi access to lawyers while he remains in custody.
  • Justice Obiora Egwuatu declined to rule immediately on Adeyemi’s requests for release, bail and access to medical treatment, giving respondents 72 hours to show cause.
  • Adeyemi faces an eight-count case involving alleged forgery, fraud and impersonation, which he denies.

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered authorities to let detained Adeniyi Adeyemi meet his lawyers at reasonable hours, but stopped short of ordering his release or granting bail.

Justice Obiora Egwuatu issued the order while considering a fundamental-rights suit filed on Adeyemi’s behalf. The judge directed the Inspector-General of Police, the police and the Attorney-General of the Federation to show cause within 72 hours why Adeyemi’s other requests should not be granted.

The court adjourned the matter until September 9. Adeyemi had sought six orders, including his release from custody, bail pending determination of the suit, and access to medical practitioners of his choice. He also asked the court to prevent police from questioning him or obtaining a statement without his lawyer present.

An Order that, for so long as the Applicant remains in custody, the Respondents do permit the Applicant unimpeded access to legal practitioners of his own choosing at all reasonable hours.

· Adeniyi AdeyemiThe requested order that the court granted.

The ruling granted his request for unimpeded access to legal practitioners while he remains in custody. Adeyemi was arrested in Osun State in July after an Abuja court issued a bench warrant when he failed to appear for arraignment.

He faces an eight-count charge linked to alleged forgery, fraud and impersonation over his claim to be director-general of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council. The Presidency has disowned the organisation as fake. Prosecutors allege that Adeyemi forged an appointment letter purportedly issued by President Bola Tinubu and signed by Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila. Adeyemi denies the allegations and maintains that the council exists.

fake

· The PresidencyThe Presidency used the term to disown the organisation Adeyemi claimed to represent.
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