The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday turned down a fresh request by a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, for an interim order of injunction stopping the proceedings of the numerous p
anels set up by the state government to investigate his eight-year administration in the state.
The judge had said he preferred to go by an undertaking by the 2nd to the 48th defendants’ lawyer, Mr Joseph Matthew, to inform the Attorney-General of Imo State, Cyprian Akaolisa, on the need to halt the panels’ proceedings pending the time the court would determine if it had jurisdiction to entertain the suit filed by Okorocha.
But on Tuesday, Okorocha’s lawyer, Maduabuchi, told Justice Mohammed that despite the undertaking, the panel probing contract awards under Okorocha’s administration had continued sitting. Ruling, Justice Mohammed asked Akaolisa to file a response to Okorocha’s affidavit in which it was alleged that the panel had continued sitting despite the pending suit.
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