FCT, indicates that a Federal High Court in Abuja has stalled
the House of Representatives from probing Minister of
Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke over the
N10bn she allegedly spent in two years to charter a private
jet, Challenger 850.
It was gathered that the court ruled that the probe should be
stopped pending determination of her suit.
PUNCH reports that the case has been adjourned till July 3.
* Minister for Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-
Madueke
Details of everything that transpired at the court today is still
being expected.
Meanwhile, it could be recalled that the embattled minister
had on Tuesday, 10 May, 2014, filed a fresh application for a
provisional order to stop the National Assembly from going
ahead with the probe on the allegation that she spent N10bn
on a chartered aircraft.
In the application, Mrs Alison-Madueke, through one of her
lawyers, Mr. Mike Ozekhome (SAN), urged the court to
restrain the House of Representatives from carrying out its
threat to commence the probe on June 17.
The Minister, alongside the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, NNPC, had earlier approached a Federal High
Court in Abuja, both seeking a court order to stop the probe.
The Minister's suit was filed before Justice Ahmed Mohammed
of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN
No comments:
Post a Comment