Tompolo’s arrest warrant renewed

A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has renewed an arrest warrant order issued in respect to former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a Tompolo.

Judge Ibrahim Buba on Monday, said the application by Ekpemupolo’s lawyer, Tayo Oyetibo, urging the court to set aside an order of substituted service was ‘misconceived, misplaced, and mis-applicable’.

“Up till today the first defendant has refused to honour the invitation of the court to appear before it. The whole essence of service is to make the person aware of charges facing him.‎ By bringing an application before the court, the first defendant had become aware of the charge before the court”, the judge said.

Buba subsequently adjourned till February 19th and ordered all the relevant security agencies to ensure that Tompolo is produced.

Counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Festus Keyamo, while speaking to journalists after the trial, said Tompolo can no longer be issuing directives “from the comforts of his bedroom.”

“His lawyer refused to an undertaking to produce him in court, so everybody is avoiding Tompolo. So the security forces should make sure they produce him before the court, and that is the Chief of Army Staff, the Chief of Naval Staff, the Chief of Air Staff, the Inspector General of Police, the Director of State Security Services, the EFCC, and all other…. They should produce him before the court.”

“This is the Federal Republic of Nigeria, no one person, I repeat, no one person is above the law. It’s not possible. They should produce him.”

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