•Commission to rely on govs’ evidence in predecessors’ probeThe cases filed by the immediate past Senate President, Bukola Saraki and a former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, to challenge thei
r corruption probes, are set to resume for hearing before Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja despite the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s last month’s protest against the judge.can report that as of Saturday, there had been no communication from the court to counter the schedule of the cases to come up for hearing before Justice Taiwo on Monday .
It requested in the letter the re-assignment of the two ex-governors’ cases and all other ones involving it in the judge’s docket to another judge of the court.But court officials and some top officials of the EFCC, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed toon Friday and Saturday that the one-month-old request by the commission had yet to be acted on by the Chief Judge of the court.
“This application has become very necessary because of the commission’s lack of confidence in his Lordship’s impartiality to dispense justice in any matter concerning it.” He added, “It is also investigating Owelle Rochas Okorocha, the outgoing Governor of Imo State for the same allegations of corrupt practices as the governor of the state”.
“Your Lordship, Mr Ayodele Fayose subsequently instituted another suit in suit number. FHC/AD/15/2016 at the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti Judicial Division, praying the court for an order directing the EFCC and Zenith Bank Plc to unfreeze and make operational the said accounts.
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