Federal High Court Orders Arrest, Sack Of 2 Ministers,Amaechi And Onu

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted an order of Mandamus seeking the arrest and sack of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, over allegations leveled against them by two Justices of the Supreme Court, Justices Inyang Okoro and Sylvester N. Ngwuta where the Justices accused the two of offering them bribe to influence court decisions.
The application was brought by Human Rights Foundation International (HRFI)who also asked that the Court compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the State Security Service (SSS) to arrest and prosecute both ministers.
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Recall that Justice Ngwuta, in a letter dated October 18, which he forwarded to the then Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed and the National Judicial Council, NJC, specifically fingered the Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi and Minister of Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, as those that approached him with financial bribe on behalf of the APC, asking him to rule in favour of them in the Ekiti, Rivers, Ebonyi election cases.

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