A Kano High Court on Monday granted an interim order restraining the Inspector General of Police and Police Authority from inviting, arresting or harassing the Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Magaji RiminGado.
The Plaintiffs in the suit are the Kano State Attorney General, Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Coruption Commission and Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado.
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Also, the defendants are the Nigerian Police Force, Inspector General of Police, AIG Zone One, Kano Commissioner of Police, ASP Ahmed Bello and Bala Muhammad Inuwa.
The court presided over by Justice Sanusi Ma’aji restrained the defendants /respondents either by themselves, their agents, officers, privies, representatives and assigns from further inviting, arresting, detaining, harassing, the officers of the 2nd plaintiffs/applicants or doing such act that would be capable of interfering with the 2nd and 3rd plaintiffs/applicants right generally, in relation to this suit compelling him to attend to their office in Abuja or any other location in the country on the 27th January 2025 or any other subsequent dates pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.
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Recall that on Friday 24th January, 2025 a Team of Operatives from the Inspector General of Police Monitoring Team arrived at Kano with the sole mission of arresting and transferring the Chairman Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado to Abuja.
It was alleged that an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ahmed M. Bello produced a letter of invitation he signed to the Executive Chairman of the Agency at around 5:30 pm and insisted that he follow him to Zone One along BUK Road immediately.
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The lawyers of Rimingado accused the police of denying them access to their client for about three hours and was later interrogated on a matter involving an investigation carried out by the Agency and the matter is currently pending before a court over an alleged diversion of about N4,000,000,000.00 (Four Billion Naira) from KASCO in suit No. K/154c/2023.
RiminGado was later released on bail and was asked to report to the police headquarters in Abuja (today) Monday 27th January, 2025 for further interrogation.
