Senator Dino Melaye’s prayer to remove police blockade from his residence met a brickwall as a Federal High Court, in Abuja, refused to grant the ex-parte application.
Melaye approached the court through his lawyer, Nkem Okoro of the Mike Ozekhome (SAN) chambers, for the enforcement of his fundamental human rights as the police have laid siege in his residence for seven days now.
The court had subsequently fixed Thursday for the hearing of the ex-parte application filed together with the enforcement of his fundamental human rights’ suit.
In the ex-parte application, Melaye prayed the court for an interim order of the court directing the police to vacate his residence and remove all blockades in front of the residence and allow his family and political associates to have access to him.
He also sought an order restraining the police from further threatening his life or putting his life in jeopardy pending the determination of the substantive suit.
The Senator further sought the order of the court restraining the police from further arresting him, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.
However, Justice N.E. Maha, the judge, refused the application and ordered an accelerated hearing of the substantive suit.
The matter was thereafter adjourned to January 14.
She said, in view of the fact that her leave to seat as a vacation judge would elapse on January 4, the case file would be transferred to the Chief Judge for re-assignment.
