A Kaduna State High Court has issued a warrant of arrest against the Chairman of Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, for contempt.
The warrant of arrest was issued after the chairman had ignored several summons by the court in a suit between Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufa’i and Today’s publishing Company Limited, and one other.
A warrant form o directed that police personnel and authorities should arrest the CCB Chairman and produce him before the court on Feb. 13, 2019.
Earlier, Today Publishing company, the publisher of The Union Newspapers had filed an application requesting the court subpoena CCB Chairman to produce assets declaration of El-Rufai in court after several failed efforts it made to obtain it from the CCB.
The governor had gone to the court over a report carried by the newspaper in which it allegedly stated that he had declared N90 billion in his CCB assets declaration form.
(NAN)