By Olawale Osifeso
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Festus Keyamo, who days ago issued an ultimatum to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC); the Independent Corrupt Practices and other offences Commission (ICPC) and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to arrest former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar over allegations of corruption levelled against him by one Micheal Achimugu, who claimed to be a former aide to Atiku, has followed up on his threat by approaching an Abuja High Court to compel the anti-graft agencies to arrest and prosecute the former Vice President.
Keyamo anchored his suit on the allegations made by Micheal Achimugu, who claimed to be a former aide to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate. In the allegations,the former aid had accused Atiku of using Special Purpose Vehicles(SPV) to commit financial fraud.
In the audio recording, Achimugu alleged that the former Vice President had set up various shell organisations to divert public funds.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria alleged that Atiku acted in violation of Section 18(2) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022 and Section 96(1) of the Penal Code.
In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/84/2023, Keyamo is asking the court to compel the PDP Candidate to ‘submit himself to CCB, ICPC and EFCC for thorough investigation’.
Keyamo is also seeking an order of the court compelling the anti- graft agencies to ‘invite and/or arrest, investigate and (if found wanting) prosecute the 1st Defendant in respect of information available to the 1st Defendant in respect of a certain bank account belonging to a company named Marine Float and other accounts of two undisclosed companies, which information he disclosed to a certain close aide of his named Micheal Achimugu, as to how the said accounts were used as ‘special purpose vehicles’ to misappropriate and divert public funds.
