Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Thursday
ordered the unconditional release of the Chief Executive Officer of
Capital Oil Limited, Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, from the Department of
State Services (DSS) custody.
Despite
heavy downpour in Court, patriotic Nigerians and workers of Capital Oil
and Gas defied the rain by trooping out en masse show support for Dr.
Ubah.
The judge directed the DSS to file a criminal charge against Ubah within 48 hours if it has a case against him or release him with no conditions attached.
“An
order is hereby made, directing the 4th and 5th respondent being, the
Director General of the State Security Service (SSS) and the Department
of State Security Service (DSS) to within 48 hours
of the judgement of the court in this action, initiate or institute a
criminal action against the 1st applicant before a court of competent
jurisdiction if he has committed any crime against the state,” said the
judge.
The judge also directed the Attorney General of the Federation to “ensure strict and due compliance of the judgement.”
Ubah
has been in detention for weeks over allegations that he diverted
petroleum products stored in his tank farm by the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
The
court chided the DSS for lying on oath in a bid to justify Ubah's
detention, describing the action as "unfortunate" while from every
available evidence, he was arrested in Lagos and flown to Abuja, where
he has been detained some weeks.
"Security agencies must understand that they are not instruments of debt recovery" Justice Idris held.
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products in his facility he decided to sell some of it to recoup back his money.
Tell them oooo,they are not instruments of dept recovery,u can say that again Oga.
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ReplyDeleteIt's unfortunate that the DSS and SSS are puppets of Buhari, they work according to the dictates of their master.
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