has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a suit by Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, seeking the probe and prosecution of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.reports that the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission made a similar call on the judge, James Omotosho.
Mr Keyamo, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress , requested the anti-corruption agencies to launch a probe of Atiku, the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party , in the middle of the campaigns for the last presidential election. Mr Okeleke argued that Mr Keyamo did not comply with the requirement of the law in filing the suit, arguing that he ought to have first obtained the leave of the court in seeking to compel an agency of the government to act.
“We do discrete investigation. He gave us 72 hours ultimatum within which to investigate and prosecute the 1st defendant.“That is not how we operate. We take our time to do discreet investigation,” she said. He urged the court to disregard the response filed against his preliminary objection by the plaintiff, arguing that it was filed outside the seven days allowed under the court’s rules.
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