Court Frees Students Detained By EFCC Over N100m Debt.

Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Lagos State has ordered the release of a Babcock University student, Oluwateniola Omidiji, allegedly detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over a N100,000 debt owed by her mother, Omoniyi Omidiji.

The judge gave the order following an application for the enforcement of her fundamental human rights brought by her lawyer, Emeka Chijioke (SAN).

Omidiji, 19, had already spent 11 days in EFCC detention, while, the EFCC operatives had arrested Omidiji a 300 Level student of Babcock University on the school premises on April 26, 2024, while she was writing exams.

In the fundamental rights suit, Omidiji alleged that, she was taken hostage by EFCC operatives over a debt which one Charles Nwoko alleged that her mother owed.

Nwoko, who was said to have invested the sum of N100m into Mrs Omidiji’s business sometime in 2020, came after Oluwateniola Omidiji for the sum and the interest since her mother, his joint venture partner, was out of Nigeria, while, during the investigation, EFCC discovered that four persons were named directors in a company called Elisto Global Services Limited, which Omidiji allegedly used to receive money from Nwoko.