Nigeria, May 4 -- An FCT High Court sitting in Kurudu, Abuja, has thrown out a suit seeking to stop the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) from carrying out an investigation, ruling that it lacks the jurisdiction to hear the case.

The applicants, Adediran Seyi and his firm Equilibrium Management Limited, in a statement made available to The News Chronicle, had gone to court after being invited by the ICPC over a petition.

Instead of honouring the invitation, they sought an order restraining the anti-graft agency and other respondents from inviting or probing them, citing alleged threats to their fundamental rights.

They argued that the Commission, allegedly acting on behalf of certain individual...