Nigeria, March 26 -- The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama, Abuja, has ordered the arrest of a factional national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kabiru Turaki, over his failure to appear for arraignment in an alleged false information case.

In his ruling on Thursday, the trial judge, Peter Kekemeke, gave a bench warrant for Mr Turaki's arrest after he failed to attend proceedings in the suit marked CR/647/2026.

Mr Turaki, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), is facing a one count of giving false information to the police. The charge was instituted by the Nigerian police.

According to the charge, Mr Turaki allegedly submitted a petition dated 5 October 2022, to the Inspector-General of Police, accusi...