Bolanle OlabimtanUmo Eno, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom state, has asked a chief magistrate court in Zone 6, Abuja to set aside the warrant of arrest issued against him.on December 23 after convicting the governorship candidate on charges bordering on “cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property”.Eno’s campaign organisation has denied knowledge of the suit.
In the affidavit in support of the motion, Samuel lkpo, one of the lawyers, said the defendant applicant found out about the suit and the warrant of arrest via social media. The lawyer said Eno “had to call many of his friends to verify the facts as presented in the social media and it was confirmed, that there is such a case pending at court in Wuse Zone 6”.Ikpo said the governorship candidate has “never been invited by the police on any matter nor has he ever made any statement to the police in connection with this case,” adding that he has “never been served with any court process”.
In an affidavit of urgency attached to the suit, the lawyer averred that “there is much tension in Akwa lbom state as many social media houses have been interpreting the court orders within their knowledge in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace within the state”.“The substance of this application is that the defendant/applicant has never been served with any court process commanding him to attend court in this case,” he said.
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