Ten days after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the unconditional release from police custody of a bank manager with Polaris Bank, Chinenye Hezekiah Duru, pending the determination of the originating summons, the banker remains in custody.
The Federal High Court that gave the order was presided over by Justice D. O. Okorowo.
Ruling on January 5 in a case filed by the Applicant’s counsel, Chukwuemeka Uduma Kanu, Justice Okorowo ordered that Duru, who has been in custody since early December, be released, pending the determination of the originating summons.
Duru has been having a running battle with his erstwhile spiritual leader, Rev. Onukogu Victor Hezekiah, popularly known as Daddy Hezekiah, head of the Living Christ Mission church, with headquarters in Onitsha, Anambra State.
The banker had served his spiritual leader as his financial adviser and accounts officer.
Trouble between the two men reportedly started when the banker, who was also a top shot of the Living Christ Mission, and some other people decided to leave the church after expressing discomfort at some unethical developments around the religious group.
In reaction to this development, Daddy Hezekiah was said to have turned on Dr. Duru, accusing him of owing him billions of Naira.
The Bishop reported the banker to the police.
The matter is now in the court.
The Magistrate Court in Masaka, Nasarawa State had on December 11, 2023 ordered the detention of Dr. Duru.
But on December 21, 2023, the court admitted him to bail.
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The Federal Court in Abuja, under Justice D. O. Okorowo equally ordered the release from custody of Dr. Duru.
This order, has however, not been obeyed.
Meanwhile the relations of Dr. Duru are complaining that while the matter is in court, the followers of Daddy Hezekiah are all over Facebook and the internet tarnishing the image of the banker, without telling the public the sordid affairs inside the Living Christ Mission, which Dr. Duru and some others criticised.
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