Asset Declaration: Court refuses to order Ekweremadu’s arrestG
As Ohanaeze youths charge Police to unravel Ekweremadu’s attackers
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Anayo Okoli & Dennis Agbo
ABUJA—The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court,yesterday, declined to order the arrest of the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, following his absence in court to face trial over his alleged refusal to declare his assets to the Special Presidential Investigative Panel for the Recovery of Public Assets.
The court, in a ruling that was delivered by trial Justice Binta Nyako, turned down an application the Chief Okio Obono-Obla led Presidential Panel made for a bench warrant to be issued against Ekweremadu.
Justice Nyako said she was not unmindful of the fact that Ekweremadu had earlier filed processes to challenge the jurisdiction of the court, as well as the legal…
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