Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, had earlier Monday in a ruling, found Okupe guilty in 26 out of the 59 counts preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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The court, presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, rules in suit number FHC/CA/CS/95/2022 on Monday in Calabar.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Abuja-based musician got judgment in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/2017.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu fixed the date after counsel to the EFCC, Farouk Abdullah, prayed the court for more time to enable the anti-graft agency ensure full compliance with the court orders.
The instruction, which circulated like a wild fire at about 1:20pm, made the judges, staff and other people in the high-rise building, to abruptly stop their official duties as they filed out of the skyscraper.
Justice Ijeoma Ojkukwu gave the order in a ruling on an ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/208/2018, brought by the EFCC’s lawyer, Faruk Abdallah.
The Federal High Court in Abuja has declined a request by Senator Dino Melaye for a restraining order against the House of Representatives in relation to its planned consideration of the controversial Control of Infectious Diseases Bill, 2020, otherwise known as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Bill.
A former General Officer Commanding, 8 Division of the Nigerian Army, Sokoto, Major General Hakeem Otiki, on Monday told the Federal High Court, Abuja that the $376,120 (N136,155,440) in respect of which an interim forfeiture order had been made by the court belonged to him, his firms and family.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to put its house in order to tender evidence in the trial of Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, threatened to strike out the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s suit against former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, if it failed to have her extradited to Nigeria by March 2020.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu fixed the date for hearing in the suit.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, and four other officials of the football governing body.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday fixed September 30 for hearing in an application restraining the presidency from revoking firearm licences of Nigerians.
An FCT High Court on Wednesday rejected an application by former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki , praying for an indefinite adjournment, pending the compliance of a bail order by the Federal Government.
An Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu has ordered an interim forfeiture of property traced to the immediate past Chairman of the National Social Insurance Trust Fund, Ngozi Olejeme.
The forfeiture order was made on Wednesday by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja
Dasuki in a strongly worded letter he personally signed and addressed to the Registrar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, vowed to boycott any proceeding for his trial since the Federal Government has proved beyond reasonable doubt that it would not obey any order of the court even if it is in his favour
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu made the pronouncement while delivering judgment in a suit filed by two lawyers; Ikenga Ugochinyere and Kenneth Udeze, challenging the legitimacy of the order.
The court maintained that no arresting authority was permitted to arbitrarily detain a person beyond the statutorily prescribed period
The former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd), is to regain his freedom any moment from now as a Federal High Court Judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, has formally endorsed the bail granted him on July 2, 2018.