Alleged House Invasion: Court Dismisses Okorocha’s N2bn Suit Against EFCC, Ex-IG Idris - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 28, 2019
TheFederal High Court sitting in Jos, on Thursday threw out a 1.25 billion naira damagessuit filed by Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha, against the now former Inspector-Generalof Police, Ibrahim Idris, and the EFCC.
Okorochafiled the suit against the IGP and EFCC in November 2018 for allegedly invadingand ransacking his house in Jos.
Deliveringjudgment, Justice Musa Kurya dismissed Okorocha’s application for lacking inmerit.
Eventhough there was no record of how the search warrant was obtained, a searchwarrant dated May 3, 2017 from a Magistrate has been attached asexhibit before the court.
Okorochaalleged that the IGP and the anti-graft agency breached his fundamental humanrights following the May 3, 2017 invasion.