The Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday, ordered the immediate release of the international passport of a former Governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the passport was seized by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), with the agency later saying it acted based on a directive by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The Federal High Court, in a judgement that was delivered on Monday morning by Justice Inyang Ekwo, held that there was no legal justification for the action of the NIS.
Recall that Odili had approached the court to challenge the seizure of his international passport by the NIS.
He told the court that his passport with numbers B50031305, was seized from him on June 20 by NIS officials for undisclosed reason, shortly after he landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja from a medical trip.
According to him, the NIS had since refused to release the passport to him.
Cited as respondents in the matter were the NIS and its Comptroller General, Muhammed Babandede.
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