The Port Harcourt division of the Rivers State High Court has granted an ex-parte order restraining the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies from arresting or detaining Edison Ehie – the Chief Of Staff to the Rivers State Governor, Simi Fubara.
The order was said to have followed a motion ex-parte instituted by Ehie against moves by security agencies to arrest him as a suspect in the burning of the Rivers State House of Assembly last year.
Presiding Judge, Sika Aprioku, granted the request while adjourning the case to February 6, 2023 for hearing of the main suit.
The CoS made the move against the Martin Amaewhule-led House of Assembly which had petitioned the police seeking Ehie’s arrest and accusing him of playing a role in the attack on the House of Assembly.
The development comes amid an order by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja ordering the police to arrest Ehie and five others over alleged arson and attempted murder.
Both courts are of coordinate powers implying that relevant stakeholders may have to await the final outcome of the case before the trial courts or await the verdict of the Court of Appeal.
