Court to Senate: You can’t arrest Lamorde

Temporary reprieve came the way of former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, on Thursday as Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja granted an Order of Interim Injunction restraining the Senate and its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions from issuing any warrant of arrest against him pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice for Interlocutory Injunction.
This was sequel to the fact that despite the pendency of Lamorde’s suit in court challenging the powers of the Senate to issue a Warrant of Arrest when a proper Summons to appear had not been issued against him, the Senate still went ahead to pass a Resolution to issue a Warrant of Arrest against Lamorde.
Lamorde’s lawyer, Festus Keyamo, said the court had to intervene “at this stage by granting an injunction against the Senate”.