Rinu Oduala, one of the front liners in the ENDSARs protest that really shook the Nigerian Government last year is set to sue the Central Bank of Nigeria over an unlawful freezing of her accounts.
She decided to take legal action against the Apex bank after a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday set aside the order it made on November 4, 2020 freezing accounts linked with 20 promoters of the #EndSARS protests that took place across the country.
Rinu who is one of the youth representatives in the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses described the act by the CBN as purely intimidation.
She wrote on her twitter handle, “I was accused of money laundering & terrorism but no investigations were done in the past 3 months. This was purely an act of intimidation!
“I have informed my lawyers, Falana and Falana Chambers & we will be suing!”
In his ruling on Wednesday, Justice Ahmed Mohammed ordered all affected banks to “immediately defreeze the affected accounts.’
He proceeded to strike out the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1384/2020 filed by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and in respect of which the ex-parte order freezing the accounts for 180 days was made in November.
The court’s decision was informed by the withdrawal of all processes filed in relation to the suit by lawyers to all parties.
Former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Michael Aondoakaa (SAN), who appeared for the CBN Governor and Femi Falana (SAN), who appeared for the respondents, told the court, at the commencement of proceedings, that they have resolved to withdraw all the processes filed for peace to reign and for the ongoing process of reconciliation, at the various panels of enquiry on police brutality across the country, to progress unhindered.
