Chimaroke NnamaniFormer Enugu State Governor Chimaroke Nnamani has urged a Federal High Court, Lagos, to decline jurisdiction in the case filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N5.3 billion fraud.
Justice Chuka Obiozor had on December 4, 2017 issued a bench warrant against the former governor and one Sunday Onyekazuru Anyaogu for their failure to attend the court to take their pleas on the criminal charge filed against them by the EFCC.
At the resumed hearing of the matter yesterday, Nnamani’s counsel, Abubakar Samusudeen, informed the court of his client’s application urging the court to decline jurisdiction.
Samusudeen told the court that the application was brought pursuant to sections 6(6) and 36 of the 1999 Constitution.
He also sought declaration that the court lacks jurisdictional competence to try him and or determine the offences contained in charge No. FHC/L/90c/07, between FRN vs Chimaroke Nnamani and eight others.
Enugu ex-governor, Chimaroke Nnamani, challenges trial jurisdiction
