
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has declined to hear a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Adeniyi Adeyemi, the detained self-styled Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC). According to the Daily Post, the judge returned the case file to Chief Judge John Tsoho for re-assignment to another judge. The suit concerns Adeyemi's detention amid the PFIPC scandal.
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