Nigeria, April 1 -- Counsel to the anti-graft agency, Chile Okoroma, SAN, made the position known on Wednesday while addressing Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja. He revealed that the commission is still awaiting a formal response from the Chief Judge of the court, Justice John Tsoho, regarding its request.

Okoroma explained that the move aligns with the directive of the Supreme Court, noting that a letter had already been forwarded to the Chief Judge, seeking a fiat to enable Justice Ojukwu, now serving in the Calabar division, to conclude the case. According to him, "we wrote a letter to the chief judge explaining why the order of the Supreme Court must be obeyed."

Highlighting the progress already made, the EFCC ...