Mahmoud Yabo, a Litigation Secretary in the Law Firm of M.M. Yabo &
Co, Al-huda Chambers, No. 11, Kaduna Road, Sokoto.
Annexed to the supporting affidavit, are 7 exhibits marked as Exhibits
‘A’, ‘A1’, ‘B’, ‘B1’, ‘C’, ‘D’, and ‘D1’ respectively.
In opposing the grant of this application, the Respondents filed a 21
paragraphs counter affidavit deposed to by one Coker Oyegunle one of the
Investigation Officers attached to Advance Fee Fraud Section of the 1 st
Respondent’s Sokoto Zonal Office. Annexed to the counter affidavit of the
Respondents, are 4 exhibits marked as Exhibit EFCC1, EFCC2, EFCC3
and EFCC4 respectively.
Upon being served with the Respondents’ counter affidavit, the Applicant
filed a further and better affidavit of 20 paragraphs vide Motion seeking
extension of time within which to file a further and better affidavit among
others and granted on the 23/2/2021.
After the filing of all the foregoing processes by parties, counsel to both
Applicant and Respondents adopted their respective written addresses on
23/2/2021 as their respective legal submissions in respect of this
application. While counsel to the Applicant urge the court to grant all the
reliefs sought in this application, counsel to the Respondents on the other
hand urge the court to dismiss the application for lack of merit.
The matter was thereafter adjourned for Judgment which could not
delivered within time due to the nationwide strike embarked upon by
JUSUN.
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