Government Ekpemulopo, alias Tompolo, has commenced legal action against the Federal Government of Nigeria, challenging the N45.9bn fraud charges filed against him.
Tompolo, is seeking an order restraining the Federal Government and its agencies from proceeding with the N45.9bn fraud charges filed against him. The suit follows an appeal filed by Tompolo against the dismissal of his application seeking to set aside the arrest warrant issued against him by Justice Ibrahim Buba on February 8, 2016.
In January this year; the EFCC charged Tompolo alongside nine others before Justice Buba on fraud charges in the amount of N45.9bn. Tompolo has continuously ignored court summons to appear to answer charges. Justice Buba had on two occasions, January 14 and February 8, issued a bench warrant against him and ordered his arrest.
The EFCC subsequently placed a newspaper advert declaring Tompolo wanted and also obtained a court order to seize all his known assets till he appears in court.
His failure to appear forced the EFCC to apply for a separation of his charges from that of his o-defendants.
