Justice Rishi Persaud has granted an interim injunction against the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and Presidential Advisor Odinga Lumumba, prohibiting them from interfering with the operations of miner Ignatius Timmerman.
The judge also issued an order calling on GGMC and Lumumba to return equipment which Ignatius said was unlawfully seized last Thurs-day. The injunction and the order were granted on Tuesday.
Timmerman, who hails from Bartica, has been fighting a legal battle against GGMC and Lumumba since last year, when the Commission issued a cease order which
