Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the arrest of a former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko.
Justice Ijeoma issued the bench warrant against Dikko on Monday for his continued failure to appear in court over corruption charges instituted against him and two others by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC).
Before making the pronouncement, the judge had refused to accept the defendant lawyer’s explanation that he was ill and on admission in London.
The lawyer, Solomon Akuma (SAN), who had previously undertaken to produce him in court, only presented a medical report in a bid to justify his absence from court on Monday.
Dikko, 59, was the Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service between August 2009 and August 2015.
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I do hope that in this case, its the rule of law that prevails not any political scheme of some sorts