Binance Holdings Ltd. has prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside the ex-parte order granted the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) for substituted service of all court documents on it.

Binance lawyer, Chukwuka Ikwuazom, SAN, told Justice Inyang Ekwo to set aside the order shortly after the matter was called yesterday.

He informed the court that a motion had already been filed to that effect on Friday.

Earlier, counsel to the FIRS, Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, told the court that the cryptocurrency firm served them with the motion in the morning, seeking to vacate the order for substituted service.

Agabi, however, indicated his interest in responding to the application.

Justice Ekwo said the copy of the motion was not in the court file, and Ikwuazom, who apologised to the court, said the application was just filed on Friday.

The judge adjourned the matter until April 30 to allow the FIRS to respond appropriately.

Justice Ekwo had, on February 11, granted leave to FIRS to serve its originating summons and accompanying documents on the cryptocurrency firm through substituted means by sending the processes via email address: [email protected].

In the originating summons marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1444/2024, dated and filed September 30, 2024, by Chief Agabi, the country’s tax regulatory body sought four questions for determination.