A Federal High Court in Warri,
Delta State, has turned down a fundamental rights enforcement application
by Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, concerning the freezing of his
N3 Billion account as well as possible arrest by the EFCC.
Justice E. A. Obile upheld the
preliminary objection by the EFCC and struck out the matter on the
grounds that it could not sit on appeal over an order made by a Lagos
State High Court, and could not also restrain the EFCC from inviting or
prosecuting the applicants.
The EFCC had frozen a bank account allegedly belonging to Tompolo in May.
The anti-graft agency found N3bn in the account and had frozen it pending the outcome of court processes.
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