Festus Keyamo, former minister of state for labour, says he
has filed an appeal to challenge a court ruling dismissing his money laundering
suit against Atiku Abubakar.
Recall that a federal high court in Abuja dismissed the
money laundering case against Abubakar, former vice-president.
In a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/84/2023, Keyamo asked the court
for an order compelling Abubakar “to submit himself to the Code of Conduct
Bureau (CCB), Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences
Commission (ICPC) and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ) for
thorough investigation”.
Keyamo had alleged that Abubakar, while in office as vice-president from 1999 to 2007, used a bank account belonging to a company named Marine Float, and other accounts of two undisclosed companies, as “special purpose vehicles (SPVs)”.
The former minister alleged that Abubakar used the SPVs to
secretly divert and misappropriate public funds.
In a statement on Tuesday, John Anietor, assistant head of
Keyamo chambers, said the former minister would not “back down” on the case.
Anietor added that the case would be taken “all the way to the apex court”.
“Earlier today, Mr
Festus Keyamo, SAN, CON, filed an appeal against the ruling of the Hon. Justice
J.K Omotosho of the federal high court dismissing his suit which sought to
compel law enforcement agencies to investigate Atiku Abubakar over the SPV
saga,” the statement reads.
“We have raised an initial four grounds of appeal with a
possibility of raising additional grounds of appeal.”
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