The N2 million fine imposed on the Legal Adviser of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Jimoh Abdulkadir Adamu, for alleged disobedience to a court order was revoked by a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday.
Following detailed explanations, Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo overturned the order, stating that the seized passport of former Rivers state governor, Dr Peter Odili, had been returned to the owner since December 20, 2021.
Justice Ekwo overturned the penalty order issued on December 21, 2021, after concluding that the penalty order should not have been issued in the first place.
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Odili’s lawyer, Chief Ifedayo Adedipe SAN, was accused of deceiving the court into imposing the fine by withholding information about the passport’s release.
The court also reversed another order directing the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami SAN, to take further punitive action against the Immigration legal adviser.
Details later.
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