Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has cleared former Kwara State governor, Senator Bukola Saraki, of any wrongdoing in a bank loan being investigated by the Police Special Fraud Unit since 2012. The court cleared the former governor following a legal opinion by the attorney general of the federation (AGF) and minister of Justice that the allegations of wrongdoing against him were baseless and unfounded. The legal opinion of the minister was a response to the report submitted to him by the inspector general of Police on police findings in a complain of Joy Petroleum Limited.
In the judgement in a case of enforcement of fundamental human rights Saraki filed against police to stop the IGP from inviting or arresting the former governor over the alleged bank loan, Justice Mohammed also barred agents of the IGP, especially the operatives in the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), from harassing, intimidating and breaching the fundamental rights of the former governor and his aides.
The court held that any attempt to commence any further interrogation of Senator Saraki over an issue already declared closed by the minister of Justice will amount to a breach of fundamental rights of the senator.
Justice Mohammed said that it would be unfair for Senator Saraki to be subjected to further interrogation by police, having been cleared of any wrongdoing by the AGF in the report police willingly submitted to the minister.
The judge said that the court had no choice other than to give effect to the legal opinion of the minister of Justice that the complaints against Senator Saraki were basless, unfounded and not supported with any documentary evidence since he has no link with Joy Petroleum Limited, the complainant.
The court also held that the police ought to have stopped any further harassment of the senator since the AGF had officially written to the IGP to discontinue the matter. (Leadership)
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