(Suit No. SC/CR/161/2020) decided on the 20th of December, 2021. 2. Such further or other orders as this Honourable Court may deem fit to make in the circumstances. The application was brought pursuant to the inherent powers of this Honourable Court as preserved under Section 6 (6) (a) of the CFRN 1999 as amended. It is supported by 6 paragraphs grounds upon which the application is brought. It is also supported by a 31 paragraphs supporting affidavit. Annexed to the supporting affidavit, are 2 annexures marked as Exhibits ‘A’ and ‘B’ respectively. Exhibit ‘A’ is a memorandum of understanding between Hijrah Textiles Company Limited and Sokoto State Government. Exhibit ‘B’ is a letter of complaint/request for investigation signed by one Mansur Isah Buhari and Muhammad Bashir Achida of the Department of Modern European Languages and Linguistics, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto dated 4/9/2019 addressed to the Zonal Head, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Office. Accompanying the application is a written address which the Applicant’s Counsel adopted as their oral legal submissions in urging the court to grant the application. After the Respondent were served, the Respondent filed a 33 paragraphs counter affidavit on the 14/2/2022 which was deemed properly filed and served on 14/2/2022 vide Motion No. SS/M.78/2022. Annexed to the counter affidavit, are 12 annexures marked as Exhibits 1 – 12 respectively. Exhibit 1 is the memorandum of understanding between Hijrah Textiles Company Limited and Sokoto State Government. Page 8 of 31

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