The Federal Capital Territory High Court, has vacated an earlier order directing the Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, to arrest the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, for disobeying a ruling of the court directing EFCC operatives to vacate a property at Number 6, Aso Drive, Abuja.
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The EFCC had approached the court, urging the judge to vacate the contempt order, on the grounds that Olukoyede was not aware of an order mandating the commission’s operatives to vacate the property.
In a statement on Thursday, the spokesperson for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale confirmed that the judge subsequently upheld the submission of the EFCC counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, while purging Olukoyede of contempt of the court.
Rotimi Oyedepo SAN assured the judge that all the issues involved between the parties in the suit would be resolved.
Defence counsel, Adeyemi Pitan, did not object to the submissions of Oyedepo.
In response, Justice Musa who vacated the order and purged Olukoyede of the contempt proceedings, acknowledging that he knew that the EFCC Chairman could not have been aware of the order which is why he want the chairman to come to court
He also adjourned the matter till February 7, 2024, for a hearing of the substantive suit
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