EFCC to Ibori: No court has stopped your arrest

The EFCC has debunked claims in some media reports on Thursday that Justice I.N. Buba of the Federal High Court, Asaba, issued an order restraining the anti-graft agency from arresting the former governor. “The Commission wishes to state that reports making the rounds in the media over the purported interim injunction is not true. We […]

The EFCC has debunked claims in some media reports on Thursday that Justice I.N. Buba of the Federal High Court, Asaba, issued an order restraining the anti-graft agency from arresting the former governor.

“The Commission wishes to state that reports making the rounds in the media over the purported interim injunction is not true. We have since made enquiries from the judge and the court to know whether such an order was given and the response we got was that no such order was issued by either the judge or the court. Instead, the court only directed the applicants to put the Commission on notice while it refused to grant any interim injunction as sought.’’

The commission further stated that up till now (the time of filing this report), no one has served it with any court order if it is true that one was granted.

As such, the commission urged members of the public to disregard any reports on the court order as such do not exist.

On the basis of this, the EFCC insists Chief Ibori should come out of hiding and honor the Commission’s invitation.

The EFCC has been after former Governor James Ibori over allegations of financial crimes against him. The alleged offences include money laundry, embezzlement, misappropriation and general financial recklessness while he was governor and the Commission has since last week declared him wanted.