The contempt proceedings alongside all the orders of conviction for contempt against the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, were on Thursday set aside.
The decision was reached by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, presided over by Justice Chizoba Oji, after entertaining an application brought by the EFCC Chairman.
The application was brought pursuant to Section 6(6) (a) and Section 36(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), Section 91 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act, Cap S6 Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004 and other relevant enactments.
Justice Oji found that at the time of the order, the EFCC boss was not in contempt of court as he had complied with the order that the Respondent’s Range Rover be released and by several internal memoranda, the Applicant had initiated the Commission’s internal mechanism to ensure the payment of the sum of N40,000,000 to the Respondent.
It would be recalled that Justice Oji had last Tuesday declared that Bawa was in contempt of the order of the court made on November 21, 2018, which had directed the anti-graft agency to return to an applicant, his Range Rover (supercharge) and the sum of N40 million.
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