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Court Issues Bench Warrant on Tompolo over N34bn Fraud

By
Wilson Uwujaren
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January 14, 2016
tompoloJustice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court Lagos today, January 14, 2016 issued a warrant of arrest on Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo) over his failure to appear before the court to answer to charges of money laundering preferred against him by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The warrant of arrest is sequel to Tompolo’s refusal  to honour the court summon. The EFCC had earlier secured an order of court to serve the defendant through substituted means by affixing the summon and charge at his last known address in Warri, Delta State. At today’s sitting, Joseph Nwobike, SAN, counsel to the second accused person, Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, pleaded with the court to give Tompolo more time as he was only served with the summon yesterday. But Justice Buba informed the court that the reason why the summon was ordered in the first place is to compel the suspect to appear in court and defend the charge against him since he has consistently refused to honour invitations sent to him by the prosecution.
Festus Keyamo, prosecuting counsel, told the court that after series of invitations were extended to him, Tompolo responded by placing an advertisement in the newspaper warning the EFCC not to push him to war.
Justice Buba granted the request of the prosecution by issuing a warrant for the arrest of the suspect. He noted that “compelling the presence or attendance of accused person or defendant in court is to serve him with summon to appear… Where he fails to appear in obedience to the summon, the other process to compel his attendance is by way of arrest’’.
Tompolo alongside nine others including Patrick Akpobolokemi,  are facing a 40 count charge of alleged money laundering, conspiracy, stealing and diversion of funds  before a Federal High Court, Lagos. Others are Kime Engozu, Rex Elem, Gregory Mbonu and Captain Warredi Enisuoh, Global West Vessel  Specialist Limited, Odimiri Electricals Limited, Boloboere Property and Estate Limited and Destre Consult Limited.  The defendants are said to have fraudulently converted the fund which accrued from the public private partnership agreement between NIMASA and Global West Vessel  Specialist Limited for personal use.
The case was adjourned to February 8, 2016 for arraignment.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
14th January, 2016
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