Politics Court rejects bid to stop probe of N10b jet expenses - The Nation

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Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) failed yesterday to prevent their investigation on the allegation that they shelled out about N10billion on hiring aircraft.

A Federal High Court in Abuja did not grant their exparte application, seeking, among others, to restrain the House of Reps and its committees from investigating the allegation. The court ordered them to put the respondents on notice.

Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling on April 14, directed the respondents (the National Assembly and the House) to appear before the court on the next adjourned date and show cause why the orders of interim injunction being sought by the applicants’ motion on notice dated and filed on April 11 should not be granted.
The judge also “directed that the respondents be served with the motion exparte dated and filed April 11 for interim orders of injunction.

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Source: The Nation Newspaper

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