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Judge Inyang Ekwo from the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, improved May 29 for the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) session in the lawsuit filed by the former Minister of Oil, Diezani Alison-Maduke, to reclaim his destroyed assets.
The judge set a date after the EFCC lawyer, Tayo Oyetibo (SAN), arranged the process in the lawsuit filed by the former minister.
Ekwo is the same as set a date for a substantive lawsuit session.
Oyetibo told the court that before Alison-hiceke took their problems, he had several household applications that had to be taken.
However, the legal counsel that emerged for the former minister, Godwin Iyinbor, said the problem was scheduled to be heard and worn by a comfortable court, he was ready to continue.
“On our side, we do not have a household application, but respondents do have it. We are ready to be heard,” he said.
Oyetibo then arranged their written statement submitted on March 20, which was also responded by Iyinbor on March 25.
EFCC advisors are the same as telling the court about their initial objections dated March 27 and submitting the same day (Thursday).
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Judge Ekwo then postponed this problem until May 29 to hear the initial objections and substantive problems.
The judge warned that the process of which parties were absent from the court would be considered as adopted on that day.
“If on that day, the problem could not continue because a party, advice for the party would personally be punished,” the judge decided.
EFCC, in the initial objection, urged the court to issue a lawsuit due to lack of jurisdiction.
In the argument of his two land, the commission proposed that the former minister failed to serve pre-action notification before the commencement of the lawsuit as required by the law.
“Therefore the court does not have a jurisdiction to entertain the lawsuit,” he said.
Alison-Muameke in his jacket asked the court to order EFCC to take from people, both natural and company, to whom he had sold confiscated assets.
The Commission in Public Notification Announces the sale of former ministerial assets starting from January 9, 2023 to January 13, 2023.
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