Festus Keyamo, the Director of Public Affairs of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has requested an order requiring the arrest and prosecution of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
Keyamo filed an application with the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, following a 72-hour deadline he issued in response to a fraud allegation leveled against Atiku by one of his former aides, Michael Achimugu.
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In a letter dated January 16, Keyamo demanded Atiku’s arrest, interrogation, and prosecution for alleged money laundering.
In the suit, Keyamo named the Code of Conduct Bureau, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, as the second, third, and fourth defendants, respectively.
The APC chieftain is specifically requesting that the court declare that Atiku “is under a legal obligation to make available to the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Defendants, for the purpose of assisting their investigation, information available to him in respect of a certain bank account belonging to a company named Marine Float and other accounts of two undisclosed companies, which information he disclosed to a certain close aide of his called Michael Achimugu, as to how the
“A declaration of this Honourable Court that the 1st Defendant is legally obligated to submit himself to the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Defendants for a thorough investigation in connection with information available to him in respect of a certain bank account belonging to a company named Marine Float and other accounts of two undisclosed companies, which information he disclosed to a certain close aide of his named Michael Achimugu, as to how the said accounts were used.
“A declaration by this Honourable Court that the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Defendants are under a legal obligation to invite and/or arrest, investigate, and (if found wanting) prosecute the 1st Defendant in respect of information available to the 1st Defendant in respect of a certain bank account belonging to a company named Marine Float and other accounts of two undisclosed companies, which information he disclosed to a certain close aide
“A mandatory order of this Honourable Court compelling the 1st Defendant to make available to the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Defendants, for the purpose of assisting their investigation, information available to him in respect of a certain bank account belonging to a company named Marine Float and other accounts of two undisclosed companies, which information he disclosed to a certain close aide of his named Michael Achimugu, as to how the said accounts were
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Keyamo also asked for a “mandatory order of this Honourable Court compelling the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Defendants to invite and/or arrest, investigate, and (if found wanting) prosecute the 1st Defendant in respect of the information available to the 1st Defendant in respect of a certain bank account belonging to a company named Marine Float and other accounts of two undisclosed companies, which information he disclosed to a certain
