Ade Adesomoju, Abuja

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday gave the court bailiff five days to serve former President Goodluck Jonathan with the subpoena compelling him to appear in court with respect to the trial of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh.

The court also ordered the counsel prosecuting Metuh, Mr. Sylvanus Tahir, to persuade the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to explore administrative means of ensuring that the Department of State Service produced the detained former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, in court on October 31.

Upon applications by Metuh, the court had issued two separate subpoenas on Jonathan and Dasuki, compelling them to appear in court on Wednesday.

But both men were, however, absent from court on Wednesday.

Justice Abang noted in his ruling on Wednesday that without the two summoned witnesses appearing, the court might not be able to make any progress in the case.

He also noted that while Dasuki had been served with the court subpoena, Jonathan had yet to be served so could not be blamed for failure to attend court on Wednesday.

But the judge noted that singular attempt by the court bailiff to serve Jonathan personally with the witness summon at his home in Abuja, was not sufficient.

He therefore directed the bailiff to take further steps to ensure personal service on Jonathan within five days from Wednesday.

He said if after five days, the bailiff was unable to serve Jonathan personally, Metuh, who was the one who applied for the subpoena, should kick-start the process of serving the ex-President through substituted means.



http://punchng.com/court-gives-bailiff-five-days-ultimatum-to-serve-subpoena-on-jonathan/

lol...Jonathan landing in Kuje soon

Pipeline vandalization to begin in ASAP

Dear Ègbón Buhari please send me on exile if Jonathan goes to prison,I Know you are only playing to the Gallery, you a Sudanese has no balls

*ÀbúròBuhari*

Nice one from the judge, there should be no sacred cow

Can't wait for the 5 days to lapse

Subpoena koo; Poenasub nii. Zombies, Did Buhari appear before Oputa panel when he was summoned?

Former Head of State, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), declared Friday he would not appear before the Human Rights Violation Investigations Commission (HRVIC) unless the law establishing it was reviewed.

He gave the condition in an interview on the Hausa Service of Voice of America (VOA) monitored in Kaduna.

Ndi ara

Advertise it here on Nairaland

We hear una

Vg

Make una respect una self nau!

trying to pronounce this word "subpoena" for ten years now

I pity justice abang


He will not enjoy his after service and his children children will pay for his crimes against his own blood



Have you ever seen the northerners persecuting their own before, only southerners act like fools

how sir?

emsheddy:
Make una respect una self nau!

OZAOEKPE:
I pity justice abang

bros, nothing dey happen

OK. 5 days is not far na. We dey wait.
Let me see what will happen because we know GEJ will never appear before any id!0t.

To those who once called GEJ hero of democracy and at the same time kick against him appearing in a legal court of law as witness are demented dunce.

Eni to bi omo oran ni yo pan meaning he that gives birth to an evil child must back him or her.

Jonathan has put himself in trouble. He was ordering the looting of our general patrimony. Asking them to go to CBN with brief cases to pack dollars.

He must come to the court and be jailed if found culpable.

Now he will know the meaning of corruption. He was confused before.

STEALING IS NOW CORRUPTION.

If he decides not to go government can't do anything.

Mtchwww... Same court that ordered buhari to release NK but he ignored the orders....fed up with the judiciary here in Nigeria

When I read the Judge's name, I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

A motion to quash from Uncle Joe would do.

Okay Okay, but this won't drift our attention away from $25B NNPC scandal and also Maina issue

Keneking:
Advertise it here on Nairaland

Ok

DONSMITH123:


bros, nothing dey happen

Na wettin tuface talk before them cut his neck

This is funny o

I thought GEJ is the former President of Nigeria... So anybody can just walk and ask him to be witness while PMB and his agencies have never respected a single judgement

Jonathan has 2 options:

1. Appear in Court and deny knowledge of the payment (assuming Dasuki won't implicate him while testifying)

2. Confirm authorization and purpose of the payment (hmmm nailing himself)