Appeal Court Sets Aside Warrant Of Arrest Against Amaechi, Others
An Appeal Court in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has put aside a bench warrant of arrest issued against the former Governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi and two others.
Others include the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 elections, Tonye Cole and the Commissioner for Power in the Amaechi administration, Austine Wokocha.
The ruling came after an appeal filed by Amaechi and the others seeking the setting aside of the order by a lower court.
His appeal was considered by a panel of three judges, of which two of them agreed that the order be set aside, while the other, departed.
According to Justice Abdul-azeez Waziri, who read the ruling that was prepared by the presiding Judge of the Court, Joseph Ikyegh, the order by the lower court was made in defiance of the Court of Appeal.
He read that the order of arrest was given when there was already an application before the Appeal Court by Amaechi challenging the service of information on him pursuant to Section 313 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law in the state.
Reacting to the ruling, lawyer to Amaechi, Achinike Wobodo said a lower court was supposed to have respected the hierarchy of court placements in the nation’s judiciary.
Recall that the warrant of arrest was issued last month by a High Court in Port Harcourt in a criminal case instituted by the Rivers State State Government.
