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Against the backdrop of arguments and counter-arguments on whether the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has disobeyed a court order concerning the botched arrest of former governor of Kogi State, Mr. Yahaya Adoza Bello, the Commission has denied disobeying any court order in this regard.
In a Press Statement signed by the EFCC’s Acting
Director, Public Affairs, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, the Commission
clearly pointed out that though Bello sought refuge in a fundamental rights
enforcement action through an order granted by Justice Isa Jamil
Abdulallahi of the Kogi State High Court, the order did not vitiate or
nullify an order made by the Federal High Court for the arrest of the
former governor for the purpose of his arraignment.
“The enrolled Order of the Kogi State High Court only
granted an order to enforce Bello’s right to personal liberty and freedom of
movement, it didn’t preclude the Federal High Court ‘to make any Order as it
may deem just in the determination of the rights of the Applicant and the
Respondent as may be submitted to her for consideration and
determination”, he said.
He further stressed that, “The Order made by
the Federal High Court for the arrest of Mr. Yahaya Bello for the purpose
of his arraignment is not in conflict with the Order of the Kogi State High
Court. The case before the Federal High Court is a criminal charge which is
different from the fundamental rights enforcement action that is the subject of
an appeal”.
Uwujaren pointed out that the EFCC had a shining track record in the prosecution of politically exposed persons and would continue to exercise its mandate in the overall interest of the nation. He admonished Bello to turn himself in and answer to the charges preferred against him by the Commission.
He called on all patriotic Nigerians to lend their voices
in support of the Commission stressing that "the EFCC will not relent in
its quest to wrestle corruption to the ground"
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