Court Issues Interim Injunction Protecting Edison Ehie From Arrest Over Assembly Arson Case

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt yesterday restrained the Inspector-General of Police and the Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), their men, privies, and agents from arresting, inviting, or detaining the Chief of Staff to the suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, Mr. Edison Ehie.

Other defendants in the suit are the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, the Nigeria Police Force, the Police Service Commission, the State Director of the SSS, Rivers State, and the SSS.

The trial judge, Justice I. Igwe, in his ruling yesterday, said: “After hearing Damian Okoro, SAN, counsel for the claimant, and no appearance for the defendants, it is hereby ordered as follows: