Efforts to secure bail for seven members of the Edo State Vigilante, Before a Benin High Court, suffered setbacks due to non service on the officer in charge of the team that arrested the suspects at the premises if the Edo State House of Assembly on 6th August 2020.
Counsel to the Defendants, Osarenren Matthias Obayuwana, told the court that the court’s Bailiff, served the Inspector General of Police, the Assistant Inspector General of Police as well as the Commissioner of Police, Edo State, emphasizing that the 4th Respondent, Supol Dahiru Ibrahim, who led the team from Abuja to arrest the Defendants have been evading service of the court processes.
Obayuwana submitted that the matter was for hearing of the motion on notice for the enforcement of the fundamental human rights of the Defendants but with the prevailing situation, the matter cannot proceed without service on Supol Dahiru Ibrahim.
The applicants’ counsel who said a representative of the Police can be served with the processes and same will be deemed as proper.
The Police representative who agreed with the submission, asked for five days within which to file a counter affidavit in response, a position Obayuwana said was too long a time and urged the court to abridge the time for the Police representative to reply to the motion on notice.
The court then adjourned the matter to Friday 28th August 2020.
The Defendants are; Wilfred Ogbewe,52, Igbinobaro Collins,26, Salami Osayomore,25, Odion Osayande,23, Morgan Uwagboe,47, Ifeoluwa Oladele,36, and Agbonrere Festus,25.
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