Kogi Gov’ship Polls: Court Directs DSS, Army, Navy, Police To Protect SDP’s Ajaka, Supporters

A Federal High Court in Abuja has directed security agencies to provide maximum protection for the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the November polls in Kogi State, Murtala Ajaka.

Naija News learned that the presiding judge, Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo ordered the Department of State Service(DSS), army, police, and navy to secure and guarantee the safety of Ajaka and his supporters in the state.

The court issued the order in a ruling in an ex-parte application made before it by the SDP governorship flag bearer

Ajaka, as gathered by this platform, had, through his lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), petitioned the inspector-general of police (IGP), seeking an investigation into an alleged plot against him and his supporters.

The security guarantee, according to the order, is to ensure Ajaka’s safety, pending the hearing of a suit filed before the court.

The court’s order followed the ex-parte application dated and filed on July 11, which sought a restraining order against the security agencies from arresting, inviting, detaining, or threatening the applicant’s life and property pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.

Justice Ekwo, after reading the affidavit deposed to Ajaka in support of the motion, as well as the submission of his lawyer, Mr. Sunday Aruwa (SAN), held that the request of the applicant was meritorious and accordingly granted it.

It was gathered that the defendants in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/952/2023 are the governor of Kogi State, IGP, commissioner of police (Kogi State), DSS, director-general of DSS, director of DSS (Kogi State), commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Naval Staff as 1st to 11th respondents respectively.