Court rejects Sadiya Farouq’s bid to vacate arrest warrant in alleged $1.3m Fraud Case

The Federal Capital Territory High Court successful Apo, Abuja, has dismissed an exertion filed by erstwhile Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq, seeking to acceptable speech a seat warrant and warrant of apprehension earlier issued against her.

The ruling was delivered connected Monday by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie during proceedings successful a lawsuit involving alleged transgression conspiracy, maltreatment of bureau and diversion of nationalist funds.

The improvement was disclosed successful a connection posted connected the authoritative leafage of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Farouq is expected to basal proceedings alongside Bashir Nura Alkali and Sani Nafiu Mohammed implicit allegations involving the diversion of astir $1.3 cardinal and N746.7 million.

In his ruling, Justice Onwuegbuzie held that the erstwhile curate failed to look earlier the tribunal without capable justification, adding that the instrumentality empowers the tribunal to contented a warrant of apprehension wherever a suspect is absent without a valid reason.

“The suspect who is afloat alert that this is simply a transgression proceeding has willfully failed to look successful tribunal without a valid crushed and the instrumentality empowers the tribunal erstwhile it has been ascertained that the suspect is absent from tribunal without a valid crushed to contented a seat warrant of arrest,” the justice said.

The justice besides questioned the aesculapian study presented by the defence, n...