THE Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, yesterday, granted an interim injunction restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from re-arresting and detaining the Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Uyi Igbe; Majority Leader, Philip Shaibu, and Majority Whip, Folly Ogedengbe, with regard to the processes that led to the impeachment of the Deputy Speaker of the House, Festus Ebea.

EFCC had last week arrested and detained the trio in Abuja over alleged forgery of the signature of Mr. Rasaq Momoh, on the document containing the resolution of the House which dealt with the impeachment of the former deputy speaker.

Consequently, the trio ran to the Federal High Court in suit No FHC/B/CS/114/2014, praying it to restrain the EFCC from further “investigation into the allegation of forgery of the signature of Hon. Rasaq Momoh in the Resolution of Edo State House of Assembly, impeaching its erstwhile Deputy Speaker, pending the determination of the application praying for similar interlocutory reliefs.

“Granting an interim injunction restraining defendants from summoning the plaintiffs/applicants to their office wheresoever, re-arresting them or their respective sureties in connection with any investigation into the allegation of forgery of the signature of Hon. Rasaq Momoh on document containing the resolution of the Edo State House of Assembly impeaching the erstwhile Deputy Speaker pending the hearing of the application praying for similar interlocutory reliefs.”

pending the determination of the application for similar interlocutory reliefs”.