Alleged N1trn fraud: Don’t Arrest Lamorde, Court Tells Senate, IGP

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Alleged N1trn fraud: Don’t Arrest Lamorde, Court Tells Senate, IGP

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The Senate, alongside the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), were on Wednesday ordered by a Federal High Court in Abuja not to arrest the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, over his alleged complicity in N1 trillion fraud. The court, presided over by Justice Gabriel, gave the directive sequel to an ex-parte motion filed by the former EFCC boss through his lawyer, Festus Ukpue. Lamorde, in his motion dated March 7, 2016, prayed the court to restrain the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly from issuing a warrant for his arrest, pending the hearing and determination of a substantive presently before the court. Lamorde had earlier been summoned by the Senate to account for funds the anti-graft agency under his leadership seized from some alleged corrupt public office holders. The funds were said to have been re-looted, with no record kept on how it was remitted or utilised. In his ruling, Justice Kolawole held that a limited order of injunction was to be granted to restrain the defendants, pending when they are heard in the reply to the plaintiff’s motion on notice. The plaintiff’s council was also directed to obtain a certified true copy of the order in this ruling, and cause same to be served on the Inspector-General of Police.”

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