Rivers court extends order barring police from arresting Ehie

The Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has extended the temporary injunction preventing the police and other security agencies from apprehending Edison Ehie, Chief of Staff to the Rivers Government House, until the resolution of the main case.

Justice Sika Aprioku issued the directive in response to complaints from Ehie’s attorney, Demian Okoro, SAN.

Okoro expressed concern that despite the interim injunction served on the police, they had proceeded to declare his client as wanted.

Aprioku cited Order 4 Rule 4c of the Administration of Criminal Justice saying it gave him the power to renew and extend orders ‘where the application is made experte”

Aprioku, who also ruled on the application for extension of time by respondent lawyer, Celestine Dickson, gave three days extension for the lawyer to respond to the process and two days for the applicant to file his reply.

He adjourned the matter till the 15th of February, 2024 to begin hearing of the substantive suit.