The Lagos State High Court has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting or detaining Honda Manufacturing (Nigeria) Limited, Honda Automobile Western Africa Limited, their executives, dealers, distributors, business associates and more than 200 other applicants in connection with a pending investigation.

Justice Olukayode Ogunjobi of the Lagos Judicial Division granted the interim injunction on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, following an application by the applicants’ counsel, Chief Bolaji Ayorinde, SAN, who led Akinwale Irokosu A. Apara and T. Aluko.

The applicants had approached the court to seek protection of their fundamental rights, alleging threats of arrest and detention, repeated invitations for questioning and other actions they said could infringe on their personal liberty, freedom of movement and right to privacy.

In granting the first prayer in their motion for interim injunction, Justice Ogunjobi held that the order sufficiently covered the applicants’ second to sixth prayers.

The applicants had sought an order restraining the EFCC, its officers, agents and representatives from arresting, detaining or otherwise restricting their liberty in connection with the investigation pending the determination of the substantive suit. (The Guardian)