Olukoya Ogungbeje, the controversial lawyer representing notorious kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, has lost a court case and has been fined N500,000 for lack of evidence.
The attorney, Ogungbeje, on Friday, June 30 lost a case on Friday, when the two fundamental rights applications he filed got dismissed by Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court.
Ogungbeje was representing his clients Messrs Chief Kenneth Chukwuemeka Ajoku and Chidinma Ozorumba against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commisson (EFCC).
The case was dismissed by the presiding judge for being frivolous and insubstantial.
The petitioners had implored the court to declare the arrest and detention by the operatives of EFCC as illegal, unlawful and wrong.
Ogunbeje was pushing for his clients as they had seen the act as being unconstitutional and a huge violation of the applicant’s fundamental rights quoting sections 33, 34, 35 and 36 of the 1999 constitution.
The judge also fined the petitioners the sum of N500,000. The case ended up in the favour of EFCC and the other respondents there.