The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Attorney-General of the Federation, the Inspector-General of Police, and the Nigeria Police Force to grant Adeniyi Adeyemi, who is linked to the alleged fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, “unimpeded access to lawyers of his own choosing at all reasonable hours.”

Justice Obiora Egwatu issued the order while ruling on a fundamental rights motion ex parte application filed by Adeyemi’s counsel, M.B. Abdulazeez, Esq.

In a separate criminal case filed by the police, the Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Umar Mohammed, issued a warrant for Adeyemi’s arrest in July after he failed to appear for scheduled court proceedings. The court subsequently fixed September 30 for his arraignment.

Law enforcement agents arrested Adeyemi later that same day.

At the civil proceedings, Abdulazeez announced his appearance before the court and proceeded to adopt the motion ex parte.

In the motion, signed by Ademola Oyedokun, Esq., the applicant urged the court to grant six reliefs.

Reliefs one to four centred on Adeyemi’s request for bail, his release from detention, and his demand for medical attention from healthcare practitioners of his choice over his alleged ill health.

Reliefs 5 and 6 state:

“AN ORDER that, for so long as the Applicant remains in custody, the Respondents (including Assistant IGP, NFC, NCCC), whether by themselves, their officers, servants, agents or privies, or any agency of the Federal Government whatsoever, be restrained from interrogating the Applicant or requiring him to make, adopt or sign any statement, save in the presence of a legal practitioner of his own choosing.
“AN ORDER that, for so long as the Applicant remains in custody, the Respondents do permit the Applicant unimpeded access to legal practitioners of his own choosing at all reasonable hours.”

In his affidavit, Adeyemi’s elder brother, Adeniyi Adebola, stated that the detainee was unable to appear before the Commissioner for Oaths because he was in detention.

After hearing from counsel and reviewing the processes before the court, Justice Egwatu held that the requests for bail, medical attention, and the other reliefs could not be granted without first hearing from the respondents.

The judge, however, granted Relief 6, directing the AGF and the police to provide Adeyemi with unfettered access to his lawyers.

Justice Egwatu also gave the AGF and the police 72 hours to show cause why the other reliefs sought by Adeyemi should not be granted.