Justice
Olukayode Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court,
Maitama, Abuja has reversed an order he gave directing the Senior
Registrar of the Court, to release the international passport of
Edidiong Idiong to him, “to enable him undertake his proposed overseas
trips”.
Idiong
is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, for an alleged N2 billion fraud involving the Office of the
National Security Adviser, ONSA, under Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), then
National Security Adviser.
He
was to be arraigned on an 11-count charge bordering on money laundering
offence. He allegedly received the said sum from the ONSA using his
companies – Moortown Global Investment Limited and African Cable
Television Limited.
While
the matter was under investigation, however, Justice M.A. Nasir granted
Idiong bail with the condition that his international passport be
deposited with the Court. But, after the charges were filed by the EFCC,
and vacation of judicial workers began, Idiong, on July 12, 2016
through his counsel, filed the motion seeking for the release of his
passport.
On
July 19, 2016 Justice Adeniyi, a vacation judge, in the absence of the
prosecution, heard Idiong’s application and granted it.
The
EFCC, subsequently petitioned the Chief Judge of the FCT High Court.
The anti-graft agency argued that “the said application was yet to be
heard, when the Commission received an order ex parte purportedly issued
in chambers by Honourable Justice Adeniyi on oral application of the
suspect’s counsel” directing that Idiong’s passport be released to him
“forthwith to enable him undertake overseas trips”.
Following the petition, on July 26, 2016 Justice Adeniyi reversed his earlier order for the release of Idiong’s passport.
The
trial judge averred that: “It is trite that a Court has inherent powers
to vacate or set aside its own orders or judgement in legally accepted
circumstances, part of which where the order on its face is a nullity.”
According
to the trial judge, “the entire proceedings of the said July 19, 2016
with respect to the said application, together with the ruling delivered
by this Court on the same date are hereby set aside”.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media and Publicity
3 August, 2016
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