Contrary to Azibaola’s claim in his suit, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission claimed that it was not detaining the ex-President’s cousin for the purpose of forcing him to implicate the former President.
It maintained that Azibaola’s detention was for the purpose of investigating an alleged fraud of $40m against him.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission also claimed to have given Azibaola an administrative bail, saying he was the one who had failed to meet the conditions.
It urged the court to dismiss the suit in the interest of justice, claiming that letting Azibaola go would undermine its ongoing investigations.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said this in a counter-affidavit deposed to by one of its investigators, Mohammed Hassan, in opposition to Azibaola’s fundamental rights enforcement action.
While urging the court to refuse Azibaola’s prayers, Hassan claimed that he filed the suit to frustrate investigations against him so that he could evade prosecution.
“This suit is frivolous, time-wasting, an abuse of court processes and should be dismissed with cost,” Hassan said.
In the suit filed through his lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, Azibaola had alleged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had been detaining him unlawfully since March 23 when he voluntarily honoured an invitation by the anti-graft agency.
He claimed that he was being persecuted based on his blood relationship with ex-President Jonathan, claiming that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission continued to detain him so that he would implicate Jonathan.
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