Tag: Passport

Odili passport seizure: Court vacates orders against NIS lawyer

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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, vacated the order made against the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) lawyer, Jimoh Adamu, over his alleged refusal to appear before itJustice Inyang Ekwo also vacated the Dec. 21, 2021 order directing the NIS to pay N2 million fine for alleged failure to release the international passport of former Governor of Rivers, Peter Odili, days after the prayer was granted.The development followed Odili’s confirmation in the courtroom that the NIS had complied with the order on Dec. 20, 2021.Ifedayo Adedipe, SAN, who appeared for…

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El-Zakzaky drags NIS to court over refusal to release their passports

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The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Mallama Zennah, have sued Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) over its refusal to release their international passports. The couple, who listed the NIS and its Comptroller General as 1st and 2nd defendants respectively, prayed the Federal High Court, Abuja, to enforce their fundamental right. In a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/22/2022 and filed by their lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, dated and filed on January 11, El-Zakzaky and his wife said they have the right to freedom of movement…

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Passport seizure: You lied on El-Zakzaky, wife’s health status, personal physician replies Malami

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Dr Abubakar Yahaya, one of the personal physicians of Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Malama Zeenah, described the comment made by the Attorney General of Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on their health status as untrue and falsehood. Dr Yahaya stated this, on Monday, in a statement made available in Abuja and titled: “Seizing Sheikh Zakzaky’s Passport, AGF, Admit Guilt.” He said Malami’s media publication on the 22nd of November, 2021, in which he asserted that the health…

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Alleged passport seizure: Court to hear El-Zakzaky, wife’s N4bn suit against DSS, AGF Jan. 19

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A Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed Jan. 19, 2022, for hearing the suit filed by Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenah, against the Department of State Services (DSS) and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). Justice Inyang Ekwo, on Friday, fixed the date to allow the defendants in the fundamental right enforcement suit respond to allegations leveleld against them. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while El-Zakzaky and his wife are applicants in the separate suits, the DSS DG…

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Deteriorating health: Our travel passports have been placed on restriction for no reason, El-Zakzaky cries out

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The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, on Sunday, disclosed that the Federal Government has placed his international passport and that of his wife, Malama Zeenah, on restriction for no reason despite their serious health challenge. El-Zakzaky stated that they are still being denied their freedom despite a court order, which discharged and acquitted them of all the eight-count charge preferred against them by the government. He said they have been denied traveling abroad for proper medical treatment as “passport flagging’ has been placed on…

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