By IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI

ABUJA — Justice Peter Kekemeke of an Abuja High Court has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar to arrest the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Lamorde, for disobeying a valid court order.

Justice Kekemeke directed that the EFCC boss and an operative of the anti-graft agency, Mr Friday Ebelo, should be apprehended and kept in prison custody within the next two weeks, except they apologize to a lawyer whose fundamental human rights were allegedly violated by the commission.

Meantime, EFCC, yesterday, vowed to appeal the ruling.

We ‘ll appeal ruling — EFCC

Reacting to the order, spokesman of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, who acknowledged that a copy of the order was served on the agency, said EFCC has perfected plans to get it vacated.

The court had on March 8 and December 5, 2012, ordered Lamorde to release the call-to-bar certificate of one Mr Innocent Onwu, apologize to him through a national newspaper as well as pay him N50, 000 as compensation.

Onwu who is an Abuja-based lawyer had on October 31, 2011, initiated a fundamental rights enforcement proceeding after he was detained by the EFCC between June 27 and July 1, 2011 without order of court.

His detention was sequel to a petition by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, accusing him of complicity in fraud pertaining to a case he was investigating for a client.

Dissatisfied with the way he was allegedly manhandled by the commission, Onwu demanded N300 million as compensation for the unlawful search of his house and office and the trauma he suffered in the hands of the EFCC.

Besides, the lawyer, claimed his ailing mother was admitted at the Garki General Hospital on the day he was arrested by the EFCC, insisting that despite his passionate pleas, the commission refused to release him to attend to his mother, resulting to her death three days later.

The court had on June 4 and June 24 this year, dismissed two applications filed by the EFCC counsel, Mr James Onu, wherein he sought to void the contempt proceeding.

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Lmaooooooooooo

Please kuku just arrest the judge and Mr. Guilty along with the EFCC boss abeg.....

Funny nation

...He demanded Ñ300million as compensation but the court granted him just N50,000
...Fvck APology! Onu wants cash not apology! Na apology im go chop?

dis 1 na im dem dey say jam don jam, jam, arrest d arrester of arrestee. drama full 9ja die

Now the bushmeat is hunting the hunter. Naija na theatre of the absurd, wetin person no go hear. To the frontpage thread about where/what EFCC is doing, therein lies ur answer

Really!!!

larmorde is a lame duck,just sitting in and chopping money,he should be removed from that position,no single corrupt governor or minister has been arrested since he came in as the EFCC boss.

God dey! *smiles & runs out of thread*

LMFAO!! Arresticism: meaning - when an arrest warrant is given to an arrestant to arrest the arrester of other arrestees

Shiit happens . *continue watching bba*

What a shame!..

Linoversace: ...He demanded Ñ300million as compensation but the court granted him just N50,000
...Fvck APology! Onu wants cash not apology! Na apology im go chop?

wetin 50k wan do 4 im lyf

Yea arrest him d efcc .have an excellent track record of ingnoring court orders n gross abuse of power via unconstitutional routes.besides d body is now shambles.

Imagine! D mother died due to his arrest abi, Lamorde's mother must die too 50=50

Afro connect: larmorde is a lame duck,just sitting in and chopping money,he should be removed from that position,no single corrupt governor or minister has been arrested since he came in as the EFCC boss.

He's yet to find one perhaps he will find one by 2015 when his tenure has expired.

Gbagaun! Gbagaun!! Gbagaun!!! Camera, Lights.. Action!...

Bushmeat wan catch the Hunter

Hope I neva miss much for this season film.... abeg op shift for me naw...

Action film

they will settle for an apology most likely( over N250,000 for advert in national paper Y he got N50,000 as compensation )


9ja my country...

babadem2much: dis 1 na im dem dey say jam don jam, jam, arrest d arrester of arrestee. drama full 9ja die

Lmao.....arrest the arrester of arrestees.

lol......
mann u r funny

johnstar: Shiit happens . *continue watching bba*

ur mates don build better house for lekki.. u dey there dey watch mojo

Afro connect: larmorde is a lame duck,just sitting in and chopping money,he should be removed from that position,no single corrupt governor or minister has been arrested since he came in as the EFCC boss.

hope say you no follow for badu belle and e jolosi people (apology blazey).
You wan make the drama for NGF end.... be very kiaful ohh

wow OMG..i cant stop laughing..i guess EFCC GO bribe mr judge self..naija don too jah into corruption

D bushmeat is now huntin d hunter, wht a funny nation.

I wonder ooo

Police catch thief.

first of all... ...

Nna but dis dude dey greedy o. A whooping 300mill! .Kai no be small thing o.

Afro connect: larmorde is a lame duck,just sitting in and chopping money,he should be removed from that position,no single corrupt governor or minister has been arrested since he came in as the EFCC boss.

During Waziri tenure ppl are calling her all sort of name, now who is better btw her & Larmorde?