A Kaduna state high court on
Friday issued a warrant of arrest against Muhammed Isah, chairman of Code of
Conduct Bureau (CCB).
The warrant of arrest was issued
by Mario Mohammed, a judge, after the chairman ignored several summons by the
court in a suit between Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, and Today’s
publishing Company Limited, and one other.
A warrant form obtained directed
the police and to arrest the CCB chairman and produce him before the court on
February 13, 2019.
Earlier, Today Publishing
company, the publisher of The Union Newspapers had filed application requesting
the court to subpoena CCB chairman to produce assets declaration of el-Rufai in
court after several failed efforts it made to obtain it from the CCB.
Mohammed granted the approval
based on the application filed by J.N. Egwuonwu (SAN), counsel to The Union
Newspapers, during the continuation of defence at a previous sitting.
Egwuonwu represented by Hiifan
Andrew Abuul had written an application to the court to subpoena CCB to tender
the asset declaration of the governor before the court.
The governor had gone to the
court over a report carried by the newspaper in which it allegedly stated that
he had declared N90 billion in his CCB assets declaration form.
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