A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday frowned at the refusal of four officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to appear in court over alleged $8.4 million and N4 billion fraud case.

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu had on July 1 issued a warrant of arrest for the four men following their repeated refusal to appear in court to answer to the fraud case charges against them.

The Federal Government had through the Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property charged them over alleged misappropriation of the sums belonging to the NFF.

The officials are NFF President Amaju Pinnick; NFF Secretary, Sunusi Mohammed; the 1st Vice-President, Seyi Akinwumi; the 2nd Vice-President, Shehu Dikko; and an executive member, Yusuff Fresh; as the 1st to 5th respondents respectively.

Pinnick was exempted from the ordered arrest due to his official roles as a member of the Confederation of African Football’s organising committee at the African Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Justice Ojukwu said that their duty was to be in court when ordered as the charges against them before the court had not been cancelled.

She said that when an order was given, it was expected that such order be obeyed otherwise matters from such agencies will no longer be entertained in her court.

“Nobody is bigger than the law,” she said.

Counsel to the defendants, Mohammed Katu, said that the respondents were absent because the president had instructed that the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) take over the case from the office of Special Presidential Investigation Panel.

He said that the AGF had earlier called the attention of the respondents to his office and in view of the recent development he believed the AGF would do justice to prosecute the matter.

Justice Ojukwu said that the defendants had no reason to appear before any agency thereby constituting a parallel hearing in disobedience to the court when the matter was already before a judge.

Ojukwu adjourned the matter to October 5 for arraignment and ordered that all affected parties be in court.

http://igberetvnews.com/1025230/judge-furious-as-pinnick-dikko-other-nff-officials-shun-court/

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Weldone guys! Excellent !!
Its good to know that the the joke which the king of north has reduced our judiciary to is bearing fruits.

They wont show and nothing will happen. This is buhari's nigeria.

After they fed fat on Nigeria money

Why won't they, even when the FG won't adhere to the rules of law,,,release Sowore,they won't, so how would pinnick come to court.... Scam government

Buhari is bigger than the law



Forget that trash " no one is bigger than the law"

Pinnick always on the news for one allegation or the other.

Arrest all of them dont grant them bail let them face the wrath of the law.
Side note;
My brother Which kain worwor be this?
Amaju Pinnick worwor no be small
Chai woggly sob him Adams oshiomole, Olusegun Obasanjo, Oby ezekwesili These people my oh my their worwor is keeping Nigeria as a nation backwards

I knew it will come to this. Brace up everyone, it will get worse.

Is this what the judiciary has been reduced to?

What is the rightful thing to be don?, then go ahead and do it.
After all none of them is my brother.
I hate what is wrong.

The court should get them arrested!!

Buhari teach them work with his antecedents . No judiciary in the country again

Scam country

Yes

Alright

Na so
When the head doesn't regard court and her orders what do you expect others to do.

Alright.


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