The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has described facts leading to the continued detention of the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, as pathetic and heart-rending.
Trial Justice Inyang Ekwo, while vacating the interim order that allowed the Federal Government to seize 40 properties that were linked to the embattled lawmaker on Friday, berated the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
of misleading the court, stressing that the agency was aware that Ekweremadu would not be able to come before the court to show cause since he is in detention.
Earlier, Ekweremadu, who is currently facing trial in the United Kingdom, UK, over an allegation that he brought one David Ukpo into the country for the purpose of harvesting his organ, had in processes he filed before the court through his lawyers, accused the EFCC of being responsible for his continued detention.
It will be recalled that the high court had in a ruling it delivered on November 4, 2022, gave the anti-graft agency the nod to confiscate 40 properties it said were traced to Ekweremadu.
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