Breaking: Former Gov. Odili defeats Immigration in Court over seized passport

Former Rivers Governor, Peter Odili has won his case against the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and its Comptroller-General at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The ordered NIS to return the international passport seized from the former governor, declaring the seizure as unconstitutional

Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order on Monday in a judgment on a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Odili.

The NIS had, while justifying its action, claimed to have seized the passport upon a request to that effect by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on the grounds that Odili was on its watch list.