The Kaduna State High Court 2 has issued a warrant of arrest against the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, Dr Muhammed Isah, for contempt of court.
The arrest warrant was issued on Friday by Justice Mario Mohammed at the resumed hearing of the suit between Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai and Today’s Publishing Company Limited, Publishers of The Union Newspapers.
The suit had been pending before the court.
The warrant form directed the police to arrest the CCB boss and produce him before the court on February 13, 2019.
Today Publishing Company, had filed an application requesting the court to subpoena Isah to produce the governor’s asset declaration in the court following several failed attempts to obtain it from the Bureau.
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Justice Mohammed, granted the request based on the application filed by counsel to The Union Newspapers, J.N. Egwuonwu (SAN), during the continuation of defence at the previous sitting.
Egwuonwu, represented by Hiifan Abuul, had written an application to the court to subpoena the CCB to tender the asset declaration of the governor before the court.
The News Agency reports that the governor had gone to court over a report carried by the newspaper alleging that he had declare N90 billion in his CCB assets declaration form.
